#DEC68C#DEC68C

#DEC68C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.080 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC68C
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 140)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 0.26, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 32.18, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0027 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.08 88)
XYZ	xyz(55.0530, 57.8132, 33.0650)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC68C #8CA4DE

analogous

#DE9D8C #DEC68C #CDDE8C

triadic

#DEC68C #8CDEC6 #C68CDE

tetradic

#DEC68C #8CDE9D #8CA4DE #DE8CCD

square

#DEC68C #8CDE9D #8CA4DE #DE8CCD

split-complementary

#DEC68C #8CCDDE #9D8CDE

monochromatic

#BA9335 #D0AE5C #DEC68C #ECDEBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DEC68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC68C

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC68C	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.080 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7ae',
    500: '#dec68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec68c;
$custom-light: #e9d7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83323,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.57811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC68C

secondary

#5974B6

accent

#52C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC68C

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

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