#DECA8B#DECA8B

#DECA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.084 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA8B
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -1.93, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 34.07, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0037 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.084 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9060, 59.6366, 32.9872)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA8B #8B9FDE

analogous

#DEA08B #DECA8B #C8DE8B

triadic

#DECA8B #8BDECA #CA8BDE

tetradic

#DECA8B #8BDEA0 #8B9FDE #DE8BC8

square

#DECA8B #8BDEA0 #8B9FDE #DE8BC8

split-complementary

#DECA8B #8BC8DE #A08BDE

monochromatic

#BA9A35 #D0B45B #DECA8B #ECE0BB #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DECA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA8B

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA8B	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.084 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#deca8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca8b;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84111,
    "c": 0.08419,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA8B

secondary

#586EB6

accent

#49C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA8B

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

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