#DEC76D#DEC76D

#DEC76D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.114 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC76D
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -3.39, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 47.73, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0106 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.114 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3097, 57.4828, 22.7523)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC76D #6D84DE

analogous

#DE8F6D #DEC76D #BCDE6D

triadic

#DEC76D #6DDEC7 #C76DDE

tetradic

#DEC76D #6DDE8F #6D84DE #DE6DBC

square

#DEC76D #6DDE8F #6D84DE #DE6DBC

split-complementary

#DEC76D #6DBCDE #8F6DDE

monochromatic

#AA8F26 #D3B43B #DEC76D #E9DA9F #F5EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC76D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DEC76D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC76D

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC76D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC76D	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec76d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.114 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead799',
    500: '#dec76d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec76d;
$custom-light: #ead799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec76d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83034,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC76D

secondary

#4358AC

accent

#3ECB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC76D

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

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