#DEC57F#DEC57F

#DEC57F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.093 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC57F
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 127)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 42.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -0.64, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 38.29, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0009 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.093 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9227, 56.9965, 28.2356)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC57F #7F98DE

analogous

#DE957F #DEC57F #C7DE7F

triadic

#DEC57F #7FDEC5 #C57FDE

tetradic

#DEC57F #7FDE95 #7F98DE #DE7FC7

square

#DEC57F #7FDE95 #7F98DE #DE7FC7

split-complementary

#DEC57F #7FC7DE #957FDE

monochromatic

#B4912E #D1AF4E #DEC57F #EBDBB0 #F7F1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC57F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DEC57F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC57F

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC57F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC57F	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C37A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec57f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.093 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead6a5',
    500: '#dec57f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec57f;
$custom-light: #ead6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec57f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82897,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC57F

secondary

#4C68B5

accent

#4BC71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC57F

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

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