#DEC16D#DEC16D

#DEC16D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.109 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC16D
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -0.28, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 45.75, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0016 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.109 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9564, 54.7760, 22.3011)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC16D #6D8ADE

analogous

#DE896D #DEC16D #C2DE6D

triadic

#DEC16D #6DDEC1 #C16DDE

tetradic

#DEC16D #6DDE89 #6D8ADE #DE6DC2

square

#DEC16D #6DDE89 #6D8ADE #DE6DC2

split-complementary

#DEC16D #6DC2DE #896DDE

monochromatic

#AA8826 #D3AC3B #DEC16D #E9D69F #F5EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DEC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC16D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC16D	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)

#D2BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.109 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead398',
    500: '#dec16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec16d;
$custom-light: #ead398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.602,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8182,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC16D

secondary

#435EAC

accent

#48CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC16D

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

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