#DECD8D#DECD8D

#DECD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.085 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD8D
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 141)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -3.25, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 34.19, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0074 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.085 95)
XYZ	xyz(56.7642, 61.1171, 34.0008)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD8D #8D9EDE

analogous

#DEA48D #DECD8D #C6DE8D

triadic

#DECD8D #8DDECD #CD8DDE

tetradic

#DECD8D #8DDEA4 #8D9EDE #DE8DC6

square

#DECD8D #8DDEA4 #8D9EDE #DE8DC6

split-complementary

#DECD8D #8DC6DE #A48DDE

monochromatic

#BB9F36 #D0B85E #DECD8D #ECE2BC #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DECD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#DECD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD8D

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD8D	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.085 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcaf',
    500: '#decd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd8d;
$custom-light: #e9dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84754,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.61115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD8D

secondary

#5A6DB6

accent

#44C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD8D

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

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