#DECA6E#DECA6E

#DECA6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA6E
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -4.85, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 48.32, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0147 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0609, 58.8986, 23.2697)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA6E #6E82DE

analogous

#DE926E #DECA6E #BADE6E

triadic

#DECA6E #6EDECA #CA6EDE

tetradic

#DECA6E #6EDE92 #6E82DE #DE6EBA

square

#DECA6E #6EDE92 #6E82DE #DE6EBA

split-complementary

#DECA6E #6EBADE #926EDE

monochromatic

#AB9327 #D3B83C #DECA6E #E9DCA0 #F5EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECA6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DECA6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA6E

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA6E	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead999',
    500: '#deca6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca6e;
$custom-light: #ead999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8366,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA6E

secondary

#4356AD

accent

#3ACB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA6E

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

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