#DEC27E#DEC27E

#DEC27E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.092 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC27E
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 126)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, 0.82, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 37.81, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% 0.0033 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.092 88)
XYZ	xyz(53.1834, 55.6218, 27.6693)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC27E #7E9ADE

analogous

#DE927E #DEC27E #CADE7E

triadic

#DEC27E #7EDEC2 #C27EDE

tetradic

#DEC27E #7EDE92 #7E9ADE #DE7ECA

square

#DEC27E #7EDE92 #7E9ADE #DE7ECA

split-complementary

#DEC27E #7ECADE #927EDE

monochromatic

#B48D2E #D2AB4D #DEC27E #EAD9AF #F7F0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC27E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DEC27E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC27E

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC27E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC27E	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec27e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.092 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead4a4',
    500: '#dec27e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec27e;
$custom-light: #ead4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec27e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82278,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.5562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC27E

secondary

#4B6AB5

accent

#50C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC27E

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

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