#DEC480#DEC480

#DEC480 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.092 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC480
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 42.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -0.02, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 37.47, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% 0.001 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.092 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7619, 56.5701, 28.5051)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC480 #809ADE

analogous

#DE9580 #DEC480 #C9DE80

triadic

#DEC480 #80DEC4 #C480DE

tetradic

#DEC480 #80DE95 #809ADE #DE80C9

square

#DEC480 #80DE95 #809ADE #DE80C9

split-complementary

#DEC480 #80C9DE #9580DE

monochromatic

#B5902F #D1AD4F #DEC480 #EBDBB1 #F7F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DEC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC480

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC480	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C27B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.092 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead5a5',
    500: '#dec480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec480;
$custom-light: #ead5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82712,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC480

secondary

#4D6AB5

accent

#4DC61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC480

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

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