#DEC57C#DEC57C

#DEC57C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.097 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC57C
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 124)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 44.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -0.95, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 39.77, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.002 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.097 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.7301, 56.9195, 27.2212)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC57C #7C95DE

analogous

#DE947C #DEC57C #C6DE7C

triadic

#DEC57C #7CDEC5 #C57CDE

tetradic

#DEC57C #7CDE94 #7C95DE #DE7CC6

square

#DEC57C #7CDE94 #7C95DE #DE7CC6

split-complementary

#DEC57C #7CC6DE #947CDE

monochromatic

#B3912D #D2AF4B #DEC57C #EADBAD #F7F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC57C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DEC57C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC57C

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC57C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC57C	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec57c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.097 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6a3',
    500: '#dec57c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec57c;
$custom-light: #ead6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec57c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.694,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82849,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC57C

secondary

#4A65B4

accent

#49C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC57C

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

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