#DECC6E#DECC6E

#DECC6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.117 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC6E
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -5.87, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 49.05, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0177 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.117 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5332, 59.8432, 23.4272)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC6E #6E80DE

analogous

#DE946E #DECC6E #B8DE6E

triadic

#DECC6E #6EDECC #CC6EDE

tetradic

#DECC6E #6EDE94 #6E80DE #DE6EB8

square

#DECC6E #6EDE94 #6E80DE #DE6EB8

split-complementary

#DECC6E #6EB8DE #946EDE

monochromatic

#AB9627 #D3BA3C #DECC6E #E9DEA0 #F5EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECC6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DECC6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC6E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC6E	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.117 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb9a',
    500: '#decc6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc6e;
$custom-light: #eadb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84069,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC6E

secondary

#4354AD

accent

#37CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC6E

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

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