#DECA7E#DECA7E

#DECA7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.099 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA7E
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -3.33, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 40.54, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0088 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.099 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0120, 59.2790, 28.2788)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA7E #7E92DE

analogous

#DE9A7E #DECA7E #C2DE7E

triadic

#DECA7E #7EDECA #CA7EDE

tetradic

#DECA7E #7EDE9A #7E92DE #DE7EC2

square

#DECA7E #7EDE9A #7E92DE #DE7EC2

split-complementary

#DECA7E #7EC2DE #9A7EDE

monochromatic

#B4982E #D2B64D #DECA7E #EADEAF #F7F2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DECA7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DECA7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA7E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA7E	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.099 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadaa4',
    500: '#deca7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca7e;
$custom-light: #eadaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83893,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA7E

secondary

#4B61B5

accent

#42C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA7E

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

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