#DECC8D#DECC8D

#DECC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.084 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC8D
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -2.74, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 33.81, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0059 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.084 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5258, 60.6402, 33.9213)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC8D #8D9FDE

analogous

#DEA38D #DECC8D #C7DE8D

triadic

#DECC8D #8DDECC #CC8DDE

tetradic

#DECC8D #8DDEA3 #8D9FDE #DE8DC7

square

#DECC8D #8DDEA3 #8D9FDE #DE8DC7

split-complementary

#DECC8D #8DC7DE #A38DDE

monochromatic

#BB9D36 #D0B75E #DECC8D #ECE1BC #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#DECC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC8D

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC8D	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.084 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dbaf',
    500: '#decc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc8d;
$custom-light: #e9dbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84551,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC8D

secondary

#5A6EB6

accent

#46C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC8D

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

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