#DEC78C#DEC78C

#DEC78C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.081 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC78C
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 140)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(43, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -0.26, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 32.52, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% 0.0012 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.081 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2824, 58.2718, 33.1414)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC78C #8CA3DE

analogous

#DE9E8C #DEC78C #CCDE8C

triadic

#DEC78C #8CDEC7 #C78CDE

tetradic

#DEC78C #8CDE9E #8CA3DE #DE8CCC

square

#DEC78C #8CDE9E #8CA3DE #DE8CCC

split-complementary

#DEC78C #8CCCDE #9E8CDE

monochromatic

#BA9535 #D0B05C #DEC78C #ECDEBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#DEC78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC78C

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC78C	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.081 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7ae',
    500: '#dec78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec78c;
$custom-light: #e9d7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83524,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC78C

secondary

#5973B6

accent

#50C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC78C

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

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