#DECA78#DECA78

#DECA78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.105 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA78
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -3.93, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 43.49, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0111 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.105 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6364, 59.1288, 26.3007)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA78 #788CDE

analogous

#DE9778 #DECA78 #BFDE78

triadic

#DECA78 #78DECA #CA78DE

tetradic

#DECA78 #78DE97 #788CDE #DE78BF

square

#DECA78 #78DE97 #788CDE #DE78BF

split-complementary

#DECA78 #78BFDE #9778DE

monochromatic

#B0962B #D2B747 #DECA78 #EADDA9 #F6F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DECA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA78

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA78	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.105 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a0',
    500: '#deca78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca78;
$custom-light: #ead9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83801,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA78

secondary

#485DB2

accent

#3FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA78

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

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