#DECE99#DECE99

#DECE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.071 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECE99
RGB	rgb(222, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -2.32, 28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 28.53, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0041 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.071 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9459, 61.9737, 39.0405)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECE99 #99A9DE

analogous

#DEAB99 #DECE99 #CBDE99

triadic

#DECE99 #99DECE #CE99DE

tetradic

#DECE99 #99DEAB #99A9DE #DE99CB

square

#DECE99 #99DEAB #99A9DE #DE99CB

split-complementary

#DECE99 #99CBDE #AB99DE

monochromatic

#BFA13E #CFB86B #DECE99 #EDE4C7 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DECE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DECE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECE99

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECE99	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dece99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.071 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcb7',
    500: '#dece99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dece99;
$custom-light: #e9dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dece99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85181,
    "c": 0.07146,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECE99

secondary

#6578B6

accent

#4ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECE99

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

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