#DEC37D#DEC37D

#DEC37D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.094 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC37D
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 125)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, 0.19, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 38.62, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% 0.0014 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.094 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3425, 56.0427, 27.4056)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC37D #7D98DE

analogous

#DE927D #DEC37D #C8DE7D

triadic

#DEC37D #7DDEC3 #C37DDE

tetradic

#DEC37D #7DDE92 #7D98DE #DE7DC8

square

#DEC37D #7DDE92 #7D98DE #DE7DC8

split-complementary

#DEC37D #7DC8DE #927DDE

monochromatic

#B38E2D #D2AC4C #DEC37D #EADAAE #F7F0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC37D

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC37D	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.094 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead5a3',
    500: '#dec37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec37d;
$custom-light: #ead5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.299,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82462,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC37D

secondary

#4B68B5

accent

#4DC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC37D

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

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