#DEC56C#DEC56C

#DEC56C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.113 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC56C
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -2.44, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 47.53, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.008 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.113 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7991, 56.5471, 22.3180)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC56C #6C85DE

analogous

#DE8C6C #DEC56C #BEDE6C

triadic

#DEC56C #6CDEC5 #C56CDE

tetradic

#DEC56C #6CDE8C #6C85DE #DE6CBE

square

#DEC56C #6CDE8C #6C85DE #DE6CBE

split-complementary

#DEC56C #6CBEDE #8C6CDE

monochromatic

#AA8D26 #D3B13A #DEC56C #E9D99E #F4ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DEC56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC56C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC56C	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.113 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead698',
    500: '#dec56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec56c;
$custom-light: #ead698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.842,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82615,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC56C

secondary

#4259AC

accent

#41CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC56C

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

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