#DECF9D#DECF9D

#DECF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.068 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECF9D
RGB	rgb(222, 207, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -2.33, 26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 26.89, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.004 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.068 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5233, 62.5911, 40.8902)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECF9D #9DACDE

analogous

#DEAF9D #DECF9D #CDDE9D

triadic

#DECF9D #9DDECF #CF9DDE

tetradic

#DECF9D #9DDEAF #9DACDE #DE9DCD

square

#DECF9D #9DDEAF #9DACDE #DE9DCD

split-complementary

#DECF9D #9DCDDE #AF9DDE

monochromatic

#BFA241 #CFB96F #DECF9D #EDE5CB #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DECF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DECF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECF9D

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECF9D	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 207, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.068 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ddba',
    500: '#decf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decf9d;
$custom-light: #e9ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85463,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECF9D

secondary

#697BB6

accent

#4BBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECF9D

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

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