#DEC179#DEC179

#DEC179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.097 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC179
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, 0.84, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 39.94, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82% 0.0029 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.097 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6470, 55.0523, 25.9385)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC179 #7996DE

analogous

#DE8E79 #DEC179 #C9DE79

triadic

#DEC179 #79DEC1 #C179DE

tetradic

#DEC179 #79DE8E #7996DE #DE79C9

square

#DEC179 #79DE8E #7996DE #DE79C9

split-complementary

#DEC179 #79C9DE #8E79DE

monochromatic

#B18B2C #D2AA48 #DEC179 #EAD8AA #F6EEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#DEC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC179

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC179	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.097 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead3a1',
    500: '#dec179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec179;
$custom-light: #ead3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.772,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81997,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC179

secondary

#4867B3

accent

#4EC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC179

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

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