#DEC17C#DEC17C

#DEC17C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.094 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC17C
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 124)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 44.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, 1.14, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 38.48, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% 0.004 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.094 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8338, 55.1270, 26.9225)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC17C #7C99DE

analogous

#DE907C #DEC17C #CADE7C

triadic

#DEC17C #7CDEC1 #C17CDE

tetradic

#DEC17C #7CDE90 #7C99DE #DE7CCA

square

#DEC17C #7CDE90 #7C99DE #DE7CCA

split-complementary

#DEC17C #7CCADE #907CDE

monochromatic

#B38B2D #D2AA4B #DEC17C #EAD8AD #F7EFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DEC17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC17C

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC17C	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.094 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead3a3',
    500: '#dec17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec17c;
$custom-light: #ead3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.245,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82045,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC17C

secondary

#4A69B4

accent

#50C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC17C

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

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