#DEC173#DEC173

#DEC173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.103 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC173
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, 0.26, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 42.86, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% 0.0006 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.103 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2905, 54.9097, 24.0606)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC173 #7390DE

analogous

#DE8B73 #DEC173 #C5DE73

triadic

#DEC173 #73DEC1 #C173DE

tetradic

#DEC173 #73DE8B #7390DE #DE73C5

square

#DEC173 #73DE8B #7390DE #DE73C5

split-complementary

#DEC173 #73C5DE #8B73DE

monochromatic

#AE8A29 #D2AB41 #DEC173 #EAD7A5 #F5EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DEC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC173

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC173	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)

#D1BF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.103 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead39d',
    500: '#dec173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec173;
$custom-light: #ead39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.738,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81905,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC173

secondary

#4662B0

accent

#4BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC173

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

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