#DECD8B#DECD8B

#DECD8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.087 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD8B
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -3.48, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 35.20, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0082 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.087 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6168, 61.0581, 33.2241)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD8B #8B9CDE

analogous

#DEA38B #DECD8B #C5DE8B

triadic

#DECD8B #8BDECD #CD8BDE

tetradic

#DECD8B #8BDEA3 #8B9CDE #DE8BC5

square

#DECD8B #8BDEA3 #8B9CDE #DE8BC5

split-complementary

#DECD8B #8BC5DE #A38BDE

monochromatic

#BA9F35 #D0B85B #DECD8B #ECE2BB #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DECD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#DECD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD8B

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD8B	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)

#DACA86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.087 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcad',
    500: '#decd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd8b;
$custom-light: #e9dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84719,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD8B

secondary

#586BB6

accent

#43C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD8B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →