#DEC27C#DEC27C

#DEC27C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.094 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC27C
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 124)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 44.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, 0.61, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 38.79, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% 0.0025 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.094 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0556, 55.5706, 26.9964)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC27C #7C98DE

analogous

#DE917C #DEC27C #C9DE7C

triadic

#DEC27C #7CDEC2 #C27CDE

tetradic

#DEC27C #7CDE91 #7C98DE #DE7CC9

square

#DEC27C #7CDE91 #7C98DE #DE7CC9

split-complementary

#DEC27C #7CC9DE #917CDE

monochromatic

#B38C2D #D2AB4B #DEC27C #EAD9AD #F7F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC27C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DEC27C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC27C

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC27C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC27C	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)

#D1C077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec27c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.094 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead4a3',
    500: '#dec27c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec27c;
$custom-light: #ead4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec27c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82245,
    "c": 0.09443,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC27C

secondary

#4A68B4

accent

#4EC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC27C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →