#DEC38D#DEC38D

#DEC38D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.077 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC38D
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, 1.94, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 30.73, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% 0.0077 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.077 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4482, 56.4849, 33.2287)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC38D #8DA8DE

analogous

#DE9A8D #DEC38D #D0DE8D

triadic

#DEC38D #8DDEC3 #C38DDE

tetradic

#DEC38D #8DDE9A #8DA8DE #DE8DD0

square

#DEC38D #8DDE9A #8DA8DE #DE8DD0

split-complementary

#DEC38D #8DD0DE #9A8DDE

monochromatic

#BB8E36 #D0AA5E #DEC38D #ECDCBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC38D

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC38D	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.077 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5af',
    500: '#dec38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec38d;
$custom-light: #e9d5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82742,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC38D

secondary

#5A78B6

accent

#58C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC38D

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

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