#DEC58C#DEC58C

#DEC58C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.079 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC58C
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 140)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 0.78, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 31.85, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% 0.0042 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.079 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8252, 57.3576, 32.9890)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC58C #8CA5DE

analogous

#DE9C8C #DEC58C #CEDE8C

triadic

#DEC58C #8CDEC5 #C58CDE

tetradic

#DEC58C #8CDE9C #8CA5DE #DE8CCE

square

#DEC58C #8CDE9C #8CA5DE #DE8CCE

split-complementary

#DEC58C #8CCEDE #9C8CDE

monochromatic

#BA9235 #D0AD5C #DEC58C #ECDDBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC58C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DEC58C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC58C

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC58C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC58C	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec58c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.079 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6ae',
    500: '#dec58c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec58c;
$custom-light: #e9d6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec58c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.707,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83123,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC58C

secondary

#5975B6

accent

#53C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC58C

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

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