#DECE8A#DECE8A

#DECE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.089 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE8A
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -4.11, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 36.09, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0101 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.089 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.7840, 61.5089, 32.9211)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE8A #8A9ADE

analogous

#DEA48A #DECE8A #C4DE8A

triadic

#DECE8A #8ADECE #CE8ADE

tetradic

#DECE8A #8ADEA4 #8A9ADE #DE8AC4

square

#DECE8A #8ADEA4 #8A9ADE #DE8AC4

split-complementary

#DECE8A #8AC4DE #A48ADE

monochromatic

#B9A034 #D1BA5A #DECE8A #EBE2BA #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#DECE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE8A

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE8A	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)

#DBCB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.089 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcad',
    500: '#dece8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece8a;
$custom-light: #e9dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84904,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE8A

secondary

#5769B5

accent

#41C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE8A

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

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