#DECE8D#DECE8D

#DECE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.085 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE8D
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 141)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -3.77, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 34.58, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0089 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.085 96)
XYZ	xyz(57.0042, 61.5970, 34.0808)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE8D #8D9DDE

analogous

#DEA58D #DECE8D #C5DE8D

triadic

#DECE8D #8DDECE #CE8DDE

tetradic

#DECE8D #8DDEA5 #8D9DDE #DE8DC5

square

#DECE8D #8DDEA5 #8D9DDE #DE8DC5

split-complementary

#DECE8D #8DC5DE #A58DDE

monochromatic

#BBA036 #D0BA5E #DECE8D #ECE2BC #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DECE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE8D

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE8D	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.085 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcaf',
    500: '#dece8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece8d;
$custom-light: #e9dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84957,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.61595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE8D

secondary

#5A6CB6

accent

#42C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE8D

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

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