#DECD99#DECD99

#DECD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.071 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD99
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -1.81, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 28.15, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0026 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.071 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7060, 61.4938, 38.9605)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD99 #99AADE

analogous

#DEAA99 #DECD99 #CCDE99

triadic

#DECD99 #99DECD #CD99DE

tetradic

#DECD99 #99DEAA #99AADE #DE99CC

square

#DECD99 #99DEAA #99AADE #DE99CC

split-complementary

#DECD99 #99CCDE #AA99DE

monochromatic

#BF9F3E #CFB66B #DECD99 #EDE4C7 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DECD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD99

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD99	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.071 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcb7',
    500: '#decd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd99;
$custom-light: #e9dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84979,
    "c": 0.07057,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD99

secondary

#6579B6

accent

#4CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD99

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

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