#DECC79#DECC79

#DECC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.106 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC79
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -4.86, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 43.74, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0137 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.106 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1697, 60.0978, 26.7794)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC79 #798BDE

analogous

#DE9A79 #DECC79 #BEDE79

triadic

#DECC79 #79DECC #CC79DE

tetradic

#DECC79 #79DE9A #798BDE #DE79BE

square

#DECC79 #79DE9A #798BDE #DE79BE

split-complementary

#DECC79 #79BEDE #9A79DE

monochromatic

#B1992C #D2B948 #DECC79 #EADFAA #F6F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DECC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DECC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC79

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC79	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)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.106 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadba1',
    500: '#decc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc79;
$custom-light: #eadba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84223,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC79

secondary

#485BB3

accent

#3CC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC79

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

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