#DECC96#DECC96

#DECC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.073 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC96
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -1.66, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 29.28, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0023 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.073 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2229, 60.9190, 37.5925)
Luminance	0.6092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC96 #96A8DE

analogous

#DEA896 #DECC96 #CCDE96

triadic

#DECC96 #96DECC #CC96DE

tetradic

#DECC96 #96DEA8 #96A8DE #DE96CC

square

#DECC96 #96DEA8 #96A8DE #DE96CC

split-complementary

#DECC96 #96CCDE #A896DE

monochromatic

#BE9D3C #CFB567 #DECC96 #EDE3C5 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DECC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DECC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC96

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC96	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.073 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dbb5',
    500: '#decc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc96;
$custom-light: #e9dbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84719,
    "c": 0.07323,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC96

secondary

#6277B6

accent

#4CC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC96

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

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