#DEC379#DEC379

#DEC379 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.098 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC379
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 121)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -0.21, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 40.58, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0002 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.098 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0921, 55.9425, 26.0868)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC379 #7994DE

analogous

#DE9079 #DEC379 #C7DE79

triadic

#DEC379 #79DEC3 #C379DE

tetradic

#DEC379 #79DE90 #7994DE #DE79C7

square

#DEC379 #79DE90 #7994DE #DE79C7

split-complementary

#DEC379 #79C7DE #9079DE

monochromatic

#B18D2C #D2AD48 #DEC379 #EAD9AA #F6EFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DEC379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC379

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC379	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.098 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead5a1',
    500: '#dec379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec379;
$custom-light: #ead5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.96,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82399,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC379

secondary

#4865B3

accent

#4BC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC379

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

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