#DEC278#DEC278

#DEC278 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.099 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC278
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 120)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 45.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, 0.22, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 40.75, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% 0.001 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.099 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8078, 55.4715, 25.6911)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC278 #7894DE

analogous

#DE8F78 #DEC278 #C7DE78

triadic

#DEC278 #78DEC2 #C278DE

tetradic

#DEC278 #78DE8F #7894DE #DE78C7

square

#DEC278 #78DE8F #7894DE #DE78C7

split-complementary

#DEC278 #78C7DE #8F78DE

monochromatic

#B08C2B #D2AC47 #DEC278 #EAD8A9 #F6EEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DEC278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC278

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC278	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.099 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead4a0',
    500: '#dec278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec278;
$custom-light: #ead4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82182,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC278

secondary

#4865B2

accent

#4CC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC278

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

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