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#DECFA6 — Light Muted Yellow

#DECFA6 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DECFA6 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DECFA6 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A6B5DE; it also sits naturally between #DEB3A6 and #D1DEA6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DECFA6 · RGB 222, 207, 166

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Color values

HEX#DECFA6
RGB222, 207, 166
HSL44°, 46%, 76%
HSV44°, 25%, 87%
CMYK0%, 7%, 25%, 13%
XYZ59.32, 62.91, 45.09
Yxy62.91, 0.3545, 0.3760
CIE-Lab83.39, -1.13, 22.29
Hunter Lab79.31, -1.08, 18.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 81% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 25% · Key 13%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DECFA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DECFA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DECFA6

.text { color: #DECFA6; }
.background { background-color: #DECFA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DECFA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 207, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 46%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DECFA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 207, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DECFA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 207, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DECFA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DECFA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DECFA6

#D4C18C#CBB372#C0A354#AF9241#957C37#7B662D#615124#433819#29220F#0F0C06

Tints of #DECFA6

#E1D3AD#E3D7B5#E6DBBC#E9DFC3#ECE3CB#EEE7D2#F1EBDA#F4EFE1#F7F3E9#F9F7F0

Tones of #DECFA6

#DACDAA#D6CBAE#D2C9B2#CEC8B6#CAC6BA#C6C4BE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6B5DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #DECFA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DECFA6

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DECFA6: ·

How #DECFA6 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D8D7B0Deuteranopia · #D8D9B2Tritanopia · #DDB8B9

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DECFA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 004030
#004030 · #4A9782 · #DCD0A8 · #FFF9E5
Palette 8a7650
#8A7650 · #8E977D · #ECE7D1 · #DBCEA5
Tender Ruby Terrace
#DCD2A2 · #CCB966 · #AE9B47 · #695E2B
Palette 8e806a
#8E806A · #C3B091 · #E4CDA7 · #FFE6BC
Palette 546b41
#546B41 · #99AD7A · #DCCCAC · #FFF8EC
Palette Ad8b73
#AD8B73 · #CEAB93 · #E3CAA5 · #FFFBE9

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DCD0A8#DBCEA5#DCD2A2#E4CDA7#DCCCAC#E3CAA5#D8CCA3#E4CCAB#D6CDA4#D8C9A7#E6CFA9#D8C9A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DECFA5  ·  #DECFA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DECFA6?

#DECFA6 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 207, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DECFA6?

#DECFA6 is RGB 222, 207, 166 — HSL 44°, 46%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 25%, 13%.

What colors go with #DECFA6?

Its complement is #A6B5DE; analogous partners are #DEB3A6 and #D1DEA6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DECFA6 for text?

Black text on #DECFA6 has a contrast ratio of 13.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.