#DECB8B#DECB8B

#DECB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.085 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECB8B
RGB	rgb(222, 203, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -2.45, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 34.44, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0052 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.085 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1414, 60.1074, 33.0657)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECB8B #8B9EDE

analogous

#DEA18B #DECB8B #C7DE8B

triadic

#DECB8B #8BDECB #CB8BDE

tetradic

#DECB8B #8BDEA1 #8B9EDE #DE8BC7

square

#DECB8B #8BDEA1 #8B9EDE #DE8BC7

split-complementary

#DECB8B #8BC7DE #A18BDE

monochromatic

#BA9B35 #D0B65B #DECB8B #ECE0BB #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DECB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECB8B

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECB8B	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)

#D8C886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 203, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.085 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9daad',
    500: '#decb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decb8b;
$custom-light: #e9daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84313,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECB8B

secondary

#586DB6

accent

#47C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECB8B

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

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