#DEC57E#DEC57E

#DEC57E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.095 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC57E
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 126)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -0.74, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 38.78, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0013 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.095 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8578, 56.9706, 27.8941)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC57E #7E97DE

analogous

#DE957E #DEC57E #C7DE7E

triadic

#DEC57E #7EDEC5 #C57EDE

tetradic

#DEC57E #7EDE95 #7E97DE #DE7EC7

square

#DEC57E #7EDE95 #7E97DE #DE7EC7

split-complementary

#DEC57E #7EC7DE #957EDE

monochromatic

#B4912E #D2AF4D #DEC57E #EADBAF #F7F1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC57E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC57E	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D4C379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.095 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6a4',
    500: '#dec57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec57e;
$custom-light: #ead6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.375,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82881,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC57E

secondary

#4B67B5

accent

#4AC71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC57E

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

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