#DEC57D#DEC57D

#DEC57D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.096 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC57D
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 125)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -0.85, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 39.28, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0017 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.096 91)
XYZ	xyz(53.7936, 56.9449, 27.5560)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC57D #7D96DE

analogous

#DE947D #DEC57D #C6DE7D

triadic

#DEC57D #7DDEC5 #C57DDE

tetradic

#DEC57D #7DDE94 #7D96DE #DE7DC6

square

#DEC57D #7DDE94 #7D96DE #DE7DC6

split-complementary

#DEC57D #7DC6DE #947DDE

monochromatic

#B3912D #D2AF4C #DEC57D #EADBAE #F7F1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC57D

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC57D	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.096 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6a3',
    500: '#dec57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec57d;
$custom-light: #ead6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.536,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82865,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.56943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC57D

secondary

#4B66B5

accent

#4AC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC57D

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

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