#DEC38B#DEC38B

#DEC38B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.079 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC38B
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 139)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, 1.71, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 31.72, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% 0.0069 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.079 85)
XYZ	xyz(54.3007, 56.4260, 32.4521)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC38B #8BA6DE

analogous

#DE998B #DEC38B #CFDE8B

triadic

#DEC38B #8BDEC3 #C38BDE

tetradic

#DEC38B #8BDE99 #8BA6DE #DE8BCF

square

#DEC38B #8BDE99 #8BA6DE #DE8BCF

split-complementary

#DEC38B #8BCFDE #998BDE

monochromatic

#BA8F35 #D0AA5B #DEC38B #ECDCBB #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC38B

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC38B	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.079 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ad',
    500: '#dec38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec38b;
$custom-light: #e9d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.482,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82704,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.56424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC38B

secondary

#5876B6

accent

#57C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC38B

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

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