#DECC6C#DECC6C

#DECC6C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.119 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC6C
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -6.05, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 50.00, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0184 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.119 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.4256, 59.8001, 22.8601)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC6C #6C7EDE

analogous

#DE936C #DECC6C #B7DE6C

triadic

#DECC6C #6CDECC #CC6CDE

tetradic

#DECC6C #6CDE93 #6C7EDE #DE6CB7

square

#DECC6C #6CDE93 #6C7EDE #DE6CB7

split-complementary

#DECC6C #6CB7DE #936CDE

monochromatic

#AA9526 #D3BB3A #DECC6C #E9DD9E #F4EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DECC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC6C

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC6C	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.119 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb98',
    500: '#decc6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc6c;
$custom-light: #eadb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84043,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC6C

secondary

#4253AC

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC6C

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

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