#DECD9A#DECD9A

#DECD9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.069 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD9A
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 154)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -1.68, 27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 27.64, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0022 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.069 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7889, 61.5269, 39.3973)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD9A #9AABDE

analogous

#DEAB9A #DECD9A #CDDE9A

triadic

#DECD9A #9ADECD #CD9ADE

tetradic

#DECD9A #9ADEAB #9AABDE #DE9ACD

square

#DECD9A #9ADEAB #9AABDE #DE9ACD

split-complementary

#DECD9A #9ACDDE #AB9ADE

monochromatic

#BF9F3E #CFB66C #DECD9A #EDE4C8 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#DECD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD9A

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD9A	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.069 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcb8',
    500: '#decd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd9a;
$custom-light: #e9dcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84999,
    "c": 0.06938,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD9A

secondary

#667AB6

accent

#4DBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD9A

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

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