#DEC56F#DEC56F

#DEC56F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.110 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC56F
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 111)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 50%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -2.18, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 46.09, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0069 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.11 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9615, 56.6121, 23.1733)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC56F #6F88DE

analogous

#DE8D6F #DEC56F #C0DE6F

triadic

#DEC56F #6FDEC5 #C56FDE

tetradic

#DEC56F #6FDE8D #6F88DE #DE6FC0

square

#DEC56F #6FDE8D #6F88DE #DE6FC0

split-complementary

#DEC56F #6FC0DE #8D6FDE

monochromatic

#AB8E27 #D3B13D #DEC56F #E9D9A1 #F5EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DEC56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC56F

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC56F	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)

#D5C268

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.110 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead69a',
    500: '#dec56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec56f;
$custom-light: #ead69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82656,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC56F

secondary

#445CAE

accent

#43CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC56F

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

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