#DEC56A#DEC56A

#DEC56A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.115 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC56A
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -2.61, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 48.48, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0087 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.115 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6939, 56.5050, 21.7638)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC56A #6A83DE

analogous

#DE8B6A #DEC56A #BDDE6A

triadic

#DEC56A #6ADEC5 #C56ADE

tetradic

#DEC56A #6ADE8B #6A83DE #DE6ABD

square

#DEC56A #6ADE8B #6A83DE #DE6ABD

split-complementary

#DEC56A #6ABDDE #8B6ADE

monochromatic

#A88C25 #D3B138 #DEC56A #E9D99C #F4ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC56A

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC56A	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.115 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd697',
    500: '#dec56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec56a;
$custom-light: #ebd697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82588,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC56A

secondary

#4158AB

accent

#40CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC56A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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