#DEC38C#DEC38C

#DEC38C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.078 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC38C
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 140)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, 1.83, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 31.23, 86.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0073 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.078 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3741, 56.4553, 32.8387)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC38C #8CA7DE

analogous

#DE9A8C #DEC38C #D0DE8C

triadic

#DEC38C #8CDEC3 #C38CDE

tetradic

#DEC38C #8CDE9A #8CA7DE #DE8CD0

square

#DEC38C #8CDE9A #8CA7DE #DE8CD0

split-complementary

#DEC38C #8CD0DE #9A8CDE

monochromatic

#BA8E35 #D0AA5C #DEC38C #ECDCBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DEC38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC38C

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC38C	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.078 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ae',
    500: '#dec38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec38c;
$custom-light: #e9d5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.244,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82723,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC38C

secondary

#5977B6

accent

#57C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC38C

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

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