#DEC17E#DEC17E

#DEC17E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.092 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC17E
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 126)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(42, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, 1.34, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 37.50, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% 0.0048 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.092 87)
XYZ	xyz(52.9616, 55.1781, 27.5953)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC17E #7E9BDE

analogous

#DE917E #DEC17E #CBDE7E

triadic

#DEC17E #7EDEC1 #C17EDE

tetradic

#DEC17E #7EDE91 #7E9BDE #DE7ECB

square

#DEC17E #7EDE91 #7E9BDE #DE7ECB

split-complementary

#DEC17E #7ECBDE #917EDE

monochromatic

#B48B2E #D2AA4D #DEC17E #EAD8AF #F7F0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DEC17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC17E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC17E	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.092 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead3a4',
    500: '#dec17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec17e;
$custom-light: #ead3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.55176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC17E

secondary

#4B6BB5

accent

#51C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC17E

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

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