#DECC8A#DECC8A

#DECC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.087 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC8A
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 138)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -3.08, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 35.32, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0071 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.087 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3056, 60.5521, 32.7616)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC8A #8A9CDE

analogous

#DEA28A #DECC8A #C6DE8A

triadic

#DECC8A #8ADECC #CC8ADE

tetradic

#DECC8A #8ADEA2 #8A9CDE #DE8AC6

square

#DECC8A #8ADEA2 #8A9CDE #DE8AC6

split-complementary

#DECC8A #8AC6DE #A28ADE

monochromatic

#B99D34 #D1B75A #DECC8A #EBE1BA #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#DECC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC8A

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC8A	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.087 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dbad',
    500: '#decc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc8a;
$custom-light: #e9dbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84498,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC8A

secondary

#576BB5

accent

#45C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC8A

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

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