#DEC17D#DEC17D

#DEC17D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.093 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC17D
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 125)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, 1.24, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 37.99, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% 0.0044 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.093 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8974, 55.1525, 27.2572)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC17D #7D9ADE

analogous

#DE907D #DEC17D #CADE7D

triadic

#DEC17D #7DDEC1 #C17DDE

tetradic

#DEC17D #7DDE90 #7D9ADE #DE7DCA

square

#DEC17D #7DDE90 #7D9ADE #DE7DCA

split-complementary

#DEC17D #7DCADE #907DDE

monochromatic

#B38B2D #D2AA4C #DEC17D #EAD8AE #F7F0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DEC17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#DEC17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC17D

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC17D	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)

#D0BF78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.093 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead3a3',
    500: '#dec17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec17d;
$custom-light: #ead3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.062,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82061,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC17D

secondary

#4B6AB5

accent

#51C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC17D

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

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