#DECD79#DECD79

#DECD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.107 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD79
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -5.37, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 44.12, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0151 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.107 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4082, 60.5746, 26.8589)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD79 #798ADE

analogous

#DE9B79 #DECD79 #BDDE79

triadic

#DECD79 #79DECD #CD79DE

tetradic

#DECD79 #79DE9B #798ADE #DE79BD

square

#DECD79 #79DE9B #798ADE #DE79BD

split-complementary

#DECD79 #79BDDE #9B79DE

monochromatic

#B19B2C #D2BB48 #DECD79 #EADFAA #F6F2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DECD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#DECD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD79

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD79	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)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.107 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadca1',
    500: '#decd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd79;
$custom-light: #eadca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84428,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD79

secondary

#485AB3

accent

#3AC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD79

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

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