#DECC72#DECC72

#DECC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.113 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC72
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -5.52, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 47.14, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0163 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.113 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7560, 59.9322, 24.6001)
Luminance	0.5993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC72 #7284DE

analogous

#DE9672 #DECC72 #BADE72

triadic

#DECC72 #72DECC #CC72DE

tetradic

#DECC72 #72DE96 #7284DE #DE72BA

square

#DECC72 #72DE96 #7284DE #DE72BA

split-complementary

#DECC72 #72BADE #9672DE

monochromatic

#AD9729 #D2BA40 #DECC72 #EADEA4 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DECC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#DECC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC72

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC72	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.113 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb9c',
    500: '#decc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc72;
$custom-light: #eadb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84123,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC72

secondary

#4557AF

accent

#39CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC72

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

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