#DECC8B#DECC8B

#DECC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.086 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC8B
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 139)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -2.97, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 34.82, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0067 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.086 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3783, 60.5812, 33.1446)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC8B #8B9DDE

analogous

#DEA28B #DECC8B #C6DE8B

triadic

#DECC8B #8BDECC #CC8BDE

tetradic

#DECC8B #8BDEA2 #8B9DDE #DE8BC6

square

#DECC8B #8BDEA2 #8B9DDE #DE8BC6

split-complementary

#DECC8B #8BC6DE #A28BDE

monochromatic

#BA9D35 #D0B75B #DECC8B #ECE1BB #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#DECC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC8B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC8B	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.086 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dbad',
    500: '#decc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc8b;
$custom-light: #e9dbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84516,
    "c": 0.08593,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC8B

secondary

#586CB6

accent

#45C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC8B

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

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