#DEC56B#DEC56B

#DEC56B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.114 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC56B
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 107)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -2.53, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 48.00, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0084 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.114 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7462, 56.5259, 22.0393)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC56B #6B84DE

analogous

#DE8C6B #DEC56B #BDDE6B

triadic

#DEC56B #6BDEC5 #C56BDE

tetradic

#DEC56B #6BDE8C #6B84DE #DE6BBD

square

#DEC56B #6BDE8C #6B84DE #DE6BBD

split-complementary

#DEC56B #6BBDDE #8C6BDE

monochromatic

#A98C26 #D3B139 #DEC56B #E9D99D #F4ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC56B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC56B	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)

#D5C263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.114 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead697',
    500: '#dec56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec56b;
$custom-light: #ead697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82601,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC56B

secondary

#4259AB

accent

#41CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC56B

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

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