#DECB8A#DECB8A

#DECB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.086 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB8A
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 138)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -2.56, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 34.94, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0056 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.086 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0687, 60.0783, 32.6826)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB8A #8A9DDE

analogous

#DEA18A #DECB8A #C7DE8A

triadic

#DECB8A #8ADECB #CB8ADE

tetradic

#DECB8A #8ADEA1 #8A9DDE #DE8AC7

square

#DECB8A #8ADEA1 #8A9DDE #DE8AC7

split-complementary

#DECB8A #8AC7DE #A18ADE

monochromatic

#B99B34 #D1B65A #DECB8A #EBE0BA #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DECB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB8A

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB8A	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.086 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#decb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb8a;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84295,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB8A

secondary

#576CB5

accent

#47C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB8A

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

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