#DEC78D#DEC78D

#DEC78D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.080 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC78D
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 141)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -0.14, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 32.02, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% 0.0016 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.08 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3564, 58.3015, 33.5315)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC78D #8DA4DE

analogous

#DE9E8D #DEC78D #CCDE8D

triadic

#DEC78D #8DDEC7 #C78DDE

tetradic

#DEC78D #8DDE9E #8DA4DE #DE8DCC

square

#DEC78D #8DDE9E #8DA4DE #DE8DCC

split-complementary

#DEC78D #8DCCDE #9E8DDE

monochromatic

#BB9536 #D0B05E #DEC78D #ECDEBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC78D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DEC78D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC78D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC78D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC78D	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec78d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.080 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7af',
    500: '#dec78d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec78d;
$custom-light: #e9d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec78d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.963,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83543,
    "c": 0.07952,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC78D

secondary

#5A74B6

accent

#50C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC78D

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

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