#DECE72#DECE72

#DECE72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE72
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -6.54, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 47.89, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0192 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2344, 60.8891, 24.7596)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE72 #7282DE

analogous

#DE9872 #DECE72 #B8DE72

triadic

#DECE72 #72DECE #CE72DE

tetradic

#DECE72 #72DE98 #7282DE #DE72B8

square

#DECE72 #72DE98 #7282DE #DE72B8

split-complementary

#DECE72 #72B8DE #9872DE

monochromatic

#AD9929 #D2BD40 #DECE72 #EADFA4 #F5F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DECE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DECE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE72

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE72	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc9c',
    500: '#dece72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece72;
$custom-light: #eadc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84533,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE72

secondary

#4555AF

accent

#35CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE72

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

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