#DEC78E#DEC78E

#DEC78E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.078 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC78E
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 142)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -0.03, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 31.52, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% 0.002 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.078 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4312, 58.3314, 33.9251)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC78E #8EA5DE

analogous

#DE9F8E #DEC78E #CDDE8E

triadic

#DEC78E #8EDEC7 #C78EDE

tetradic

#DEC78E #8EDE9F #8EA5DE #DE8ECD

square

#DEC78E #8EDE9F #8EA5DE #DE8ECD

split-complementary

#DEC78E #8ECDDE #9F8EDE

monochromatic

#BB9537 #D0B05F #DEC78E #ECDEBD #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DEC78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC78E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC78E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.078 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7af',
    500: '#dec78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec78e;
$custom-light: #e9d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83561,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC78E

secondary

#5A75B6

accent

#51C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC78E

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

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