#DECA79#DECA79

#DECA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.104 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA79
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -3.83, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 43.00, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0107 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.104 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6974, 59.1532, 26.6219)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA79 #798DDE

analogous

#DE9879 #DECA79 #BFDE79

triadic

#DECA79 #79DECA #CA79DE

tetradic

#DECA79 #79DE98 #798DDE #DE79BF

square

#DECA79 #79DE98 #798DDE #DE79BF

split-complementary

#DECA79 #79BFDE #9879DE

monochromatic

#B1972C #D2B748 #DECA79 #EADDAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DECA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DECA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA79

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA79	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)

#D9C673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.104 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead9a1',
    500: '#deca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca79;
$custom-light: #ead9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.119,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83816,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA79

secondary

#485DB3

accent

#3FC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA79

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

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