#DEC56D#DEC56D

#DEC56D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.112 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC56D
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -2.36, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 47.05, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0076 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.112 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8526, 56.5685, 22.5999)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC56D #6D86DE

analogous

#DE8D6D #DEC56D #BEDE6D

triadic

#DEC56D #6DDEC5 #C56DDE

tetradic

#DEC56D #6DDE8D #6D86DE #DE6DBE

square

#DEC56D #6DDE8D #6D86DE #DE6DBE

split-complementary

#DEC56D #6DBEDE #8D6DDE

monochromatic

#AA8D26 #D3B13B #DEC56D #E9D99F #F5EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DEC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC56D

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC56D	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)

#D5C265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.112 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead699',
    500: '#dec56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec56d;
$custom-light: #ead699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82628,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC56D

secondary

#435AAC

accent

#42CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC56D

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

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