#DECC6D#DECC6D

#DECC6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC6D
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -5.96, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 49.52, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0181 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4791, 59.8215, 23.1420)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC6D #6D7FDE

analogous

#DE936D #DECC6D #B8DE6D

triadic

#DECC6D #6DDECC #CC6DDE

tetradic

#DECC6D #6DDE93 #6D7FDE #DE6DB8

square

#DECC6D #6DDE93 #6D7FDE #DE6DB8

split-complementary

#DECC6D #6DB8DE #936DDE

monochromatic

#AA9526 #D3BB3B #DECC6D #E9DD9F #F5EFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DECC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC6D

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC6D	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)

#DCC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb99',
    500: '#decc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc6d;
$custom-light: #eadb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84056,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC6D

secondary

#4354AC

accent

#37CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC6D

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

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