#DEC18C#DEC18C

#DEC18C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.077 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC18C
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 140)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, 2.88, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 30.64, 84.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% 0.0103 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.077 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9290, 55.5651, 32.6903)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC18C #8CA9DE

analogous

#DE988C #DEC18C #D2DE8C

triadic

#DEC18C #8CDEC1 #C18CDE

tetradic

#DEC18C #8CDE98 #8CA9DE #DE8CD2

square

#DEC18C #8CDE98 #8CA9DE #DE8CD2

split-complementary

#DEC18C #8CD2DE #988CDE

monochromatic

#BA8B35 #D0A75C #DEC18C #ECDBBC #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DEC18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC18C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC18C	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.077 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d3ae',
    500: '#dec18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec18c;
$custom-light: #e9d3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.78,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82324,
    "c": 0.07661,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC18C

secondary

#5979B6

accent

#5BC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC18C

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

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