#DECA72#DECA72

#DECA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.111 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA72
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -4.49, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 46.40, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0133 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.111 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2836, 58.9876, 24.4427)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA72 #7286DE

analogous

#DE9472 #DECA72 #BCDE72

triadic

#DECA72 #72DECA #CA72DE

tetradic

#DECA72 #72DE94 #7286DE #DE72BC

square

#DECA72 #72DE94 #7286DE #DE72BC

split-complementary

#DECA72 #72BCDE #9472DE

monochromatic

#AD9529 #D2B740 #DECA72 #EADDA4 #F5EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DECA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA72

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA72	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.111 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99c',
    500: '#deca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca72;
$custom-light: #ead99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83714,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA72

secondary

#4559AF

accent

#3CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA72

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

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