#DECD96#DECD96

#DECD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.074 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD96
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -2.18, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 29.66, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0038 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.074 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4613, 61.3959, 37.6720)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD96 #96A7DE

analogous

#DEA996 #DECD96 #CBDE96

triadic

#DECD96 #96DECD #CD96DE

tetradic

#DECD96 #96DEA9 #96A7DE #DE96CB

square

#DECD96 #96DEA9 #96A7DE #DE96CB

split-complementary

#DECD96 #96CBDE #A996DE

monochromatic

#BE9F3C #CFB767 #DECD96 #EDE3C5 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DECD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD96

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD96	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.074 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcb5',
    500: '#decd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd96;
$custom-light: #e9dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84921,
    "c": 0.0741,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD96

secondary

#6276B6

accent

#4AC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD96

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

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