#DECA74#DECA74

#DECA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.109 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA74
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -4.31, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 45.43, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0126 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.109 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3987, 59.0337, 25.0488)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA74 #7488DE

analogous

#DE9574 #DECA74 #BDDE74

triadic

#DECA74 #74DECA #CA74DE

tetradic

#DECA74 #74DE95 #7488DE #DE74BD

square

#DECA74 #74DE95 #7488DE #DE74BD

split-complementary

#DECA74 #74BDDE #9574DE

monochromatic

#AE9529 #D2B743 #DECA74 #EADDA5 #F5F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DECA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA74

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA74	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.109 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead99d',
    500: '#deca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca74;
$custom-light: #ead99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83743,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA74

secondary

#465AB0

accent

#3DC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA74

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

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