#DEC172#DEC172

#DEC172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.104 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC172
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, 0.17, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 43.34, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% 0.0002 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.104 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2332, 54.8868, 23.7592)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC172 #728FDE

analogous

#DE8B72 #DEC172 #C5DE72

triadic

#DEC172 #72DEC1 #C172DE

tetradic

#DEC172 #72DE8B #728FDE #DE72C5

square

#DEC172 #72DE8B #728FDE #DE72C5

split-complementary

#DEC172 #72C5DE #8B72DE

monochromatic

#AD8929 #D2AB40 #DEC172 #EAD7A4 #F5EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DEC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC172

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC172	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.104 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead39c',
    500: '#dec172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec172;
$custom-light: #ead39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC172

secondary

#4562AF

accent

#4ACA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC172

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

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