#DECD97#DECD97

#DECD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.073 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD97
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -2.06, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 29.16, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0034 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.073 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.5422, 61.4282, 38.0978)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD97 #97A8DE

analogous

#DEA997 #DECD97 #CBDE97

triadic

#DECD97 #97DECD #CD97DE

tetradic

#DECD97 #97DEA9 #97A8DE #DE97CB

square

#DECD97 #97DEA9 #97A8DE #DE97CB

split-complementary

#DECD97 #97CBDE #A997DE

monochromatic

#BE9F3C #CFB769 #DECD97 #EDE3C5 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DECD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD97

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD97	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.073 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcb6',
    500: '#decd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd97;
$custom-light: #e9dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8494,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD97

secondary

#6377B6

accent

#4BBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD97

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

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