#DEC16C#DEC16C

#DEC16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.110 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC16C
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -0.37, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 46.23, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.002 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.11 91)
XYZ	xyz(51.9028, 54.7546, 22.0192)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC16C #6C89DE

analogous

#DE886C #DEC16C #C2DE6C

triadic

#DEC16C #6CDEC1 #C16CDE

tetradic

#DEC16C #6CDE88 #6C89DE #DE6CC2

square

#DEC16C #6CDE88 #6C89DE #DE6CC2

split-complementary

#DEC16C #6CC2DE #886CDE

monochromatic

#AA8826 #D3AC3A #DEC16C #E9D69E #F4EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DEC16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC16C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC16C	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.110 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead398',
    500: '#dec16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec16c;
$custom-light: #ead398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.737,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81806,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.54752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC16C

secondary

#425DAC

accent

#47CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC16C

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

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