#DECE99

sRGB: 222 / 206 / 153

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#DECE99 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 206 green and 153 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 46.1° lands in the yellow region. Its 51.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.39:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 206, 153
HSL: 46.09°, 51.11%, 73.53%
HSV / HSB: 46.09°, 31.08%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.21%, 31.08%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.943, 61.973, 39.048
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.899, -2.327, 28.432
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61972
24-bit decimal: 14601881

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DECE99 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.39:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.57:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#99A9DE sits half a turn (180°) from #DECE99 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DECE99 #99A9DE

Analogous

#DEAB99 and #CCDE99 sit 30° to either side of #DECE99. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DEAB99 #DECE99 #CCDE99

Triadic

#DECE99, #99DECE and #CE99DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DECE99 #99DECE #CE99DE

Split complementary

Start at #DECE99 and look across the wheel. #99CCDE and #AB99DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DECE99 #99CCDE #AB99DE

Square

Starting with #DECE99, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #99DEAB, #99A9DE, then #DE99CC. Across the square, #DECE99 pairs with #99A9DE, and #99DEAB with #DE99CC.

#DECE99 #99DEAB #99A9DE #DE99CC

Tetradic

#DECE99 and #99A9DE are opposites, as are #A9DE99 and #CE99DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DECE99 #A9DE99 #99A9DE #CE99DE

Tints

Mixing #DECE99 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5D8AD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F5EB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DECE99 #E5D8AD #EBE2C2 #F2EBD6 #F8F5EB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DECE99 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A57A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C291F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DECE99 #B2A57A #857C5C #59523D #2C291F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DECE99 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBBE94, keeps 80% of the original. By #939085, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DECE99 #CBBE94 #B8AF8F #A69F8A #939085 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DECE99

RGB

rgb(222 206 153)

HSL

hsl(46.087 51.111% 73.529%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DECE99;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DECE99 uses 222 red, 206 green and 153 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 80.8%

Blue 60.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DECE99 is 0.0% cyan, 7.2% magenta, 31.1% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.2%

Yellow 31.1%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCC99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DC9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DECE99 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCC99 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#DECE99 #D3C8A5 #C7C2B0 #BCBCBC #B0B5C7 #A5AFD3 #99A9DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DECE99 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D9CC95

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DED19B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E9C6C0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBCD97

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DDCF9A

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E0CCA9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CECECE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D6CEB6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73046 G 0.61721 B 0.31855

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.85989 G 0.81003 B 0.62394

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71035 G 0.62097 B 0.34721

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.365 y 0.390 Y 61.973

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.941 M % 19.216 Y % 40.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011110 11001110 10011001