#DEC38E#DEC38E

#DEC38E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.076 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC38E
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 142)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, 2.06, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 30.24, 86.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% 0.0081 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.076 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5229, 56.5148, 33.6224)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC38E #8EA9DE

analogous

#DE9B8E #DEC38E #D1DE8E

triadic

#DEC38E #8EDEC3 #C38EDE

tetradic

#DEC38E #8EDE9B #8EA9DE #DE8ED1

square

#DEC38E #8EDE9B #8EA9DE #DE8ED1

split-complementary

#DEC38E #8ED1DE #9B8EDE

monochromatic

#BB8E37 #D0AA5F #DEC38E #ECDCBD #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DEC38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC38E

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC38E	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)

#D0C28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.076 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5af',
    500: '#dec38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec38e;
$custom-light: #e9d5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8276,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC38E

secondary

#5A79B6

accent

#59C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC38E

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

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