#DECD8A#DECD8A

#DECD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.088 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD8A
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -3.59, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 35.70, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0086 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.088 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5440, 61.0290, 32.8411)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD8A #8A9BDE

analogous

#DEA38A #DECD8A #C5DE8A

triadic

#DECD8A #8ADECD #CD8ADE

tetradic

#DECD8A #8ADEA3 #8A9BDE #DE8AC5

square

#DECD8A #8ADEA3 #8A9BDE #DE8AC5

split-complementary

#DECD8A #8AC5DE #A38ADE

monochromatic

#B99E34 #D1B95A #DECD8A #EBE1BA #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DECD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#DECD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD8A

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD8A	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCF8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.088 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcad',
    500: '#decd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd8a;
$custom-light: #e9dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84701,
    "c": 0.08797,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD8A

secondary

#576AB5

accent

#43C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD8A

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

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