#DEC279#DEC279

#DEC279 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.098 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC279
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, 0.32, 40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 40.26, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% 0.0014 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.098 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8688, 55.4959, 26.0124)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC279 #7995DE

analogous

#DE8F79 #DEC279 #C8DE79

triadic

#DEC279 #79DEC2 #C279DE

tetradic

#DEC279 #79DE8F #7995DE #DE79C8

square

#DEC279 #79DE8F #7995DE #DE79C8

split-complementary

#DEC279 #79C8DE #8F79DE

monochromatic

#B18C2C #D2AC48 #DEC279 #EAD8AA #F6EFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DEC279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DEC279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC279

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC279	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.098 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead4a1',
    500: '#dec279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec279;
$custom-light: #ead4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.366,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82198,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC279

secondary

#4866B3

accent

#4DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC279

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

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