#DEC68E#DEC68E

#DEC68E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.078 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC68E
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 142)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, 0.49, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 31.19, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% 0.0035 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.078 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.2018, 57.8727, 33.8487)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC68E #8EA6DE

analogous

#DE9E8E #DEC68E #CEDE8E

triadic

#DEC68E #8EDEC6 #C68EDE

tetradic

#DEC68E #8EDE9E #8EA6DE #DE8ECE

square

#DEC68E #8EDE9E #8EA6DE #DE8ECE

split-complementary

#DEC68E #8ECEDE #9E8EDE

monochromatic

#BB9337 #D0AE5F #DEC68E #ECDEBD #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC68E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC68E	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C48A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.078 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7af',
    500: '#dec68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec68e;
$custom-light: #e9d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8336,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC68E

secondary

#5A76B6

accent

#53C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC68E

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

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