#DEC56E#DEC56E

#DEC56E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.111 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC56E
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -2.27, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 46.57, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0073 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.111 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9067, 56.5902, 22.8850)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC56E #6E87DE

analogous

#DE8D6E #DEC56E #BFDE6E

triadic

#DEC56E #6EDEC5 #C56EDE

tetradic

#DEC56E #6EDE8D #6E87DE #DE6EBF

square

#DEC56E #6EDE8D #6E87DE #DE6EBF

split-complementary

#DEC56E #6EBFDE #8D6EDE

monochromatic

#AB8D27 #D3B13C #DEC56E #E9D9A0 #F5EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DEC56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC56E

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC56E	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.111 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead699',
    500: '#dec56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec56e;
$custom-light: #ead699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.607,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82642,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC56E

secondary

#435BAD

accent

#42CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC56E

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

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