#DECA8D#DECA8D

#DECA8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.082 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECA8D
RGB	rgb(222, 202, 141)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -1.70, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 33.07, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0029 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.082 92)
XYZ	xyz(56.0535, 59.6956, 33.7639)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECA8D #8DA1DE

analogous

#DEA18D #DECA8D #C9DE8D

triadic

#DECA8D #8DDECA #CA8DDE

tetradic

#DECA8D #8DDEA1 #8DA1DE #DE8DC9

square

#DECA8D #8DDEA1 #8DA1DE #DE8DC9

split-complementary

#DECA8D #8DC9DE #A18DDE

monochromatic

#BB9A36 #D0B45E #DECA8D #ECE0BC #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DECA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECA8D

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECA8D	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deca8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 202, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.082 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daaf',
    500: '#deca8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deca8d;
$custom-light: #e9daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deca8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84147,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.59694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECA8D

secondary

#5A70B6

accent

#4AC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECA8D

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

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