#DEC196#DEC196

#DEC196 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.066 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC196
RGB	rgb(222, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, 4.08, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 25.80, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% 0.0144 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.066 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7001, 55.8735, 36.7516)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC196 #96B3DE

analogous

#DE9D96 #DEC196 #D7DE96

triadic

#DEC196 #96DEC1 #C196DE

tetradic

#DEC196 #96DE9D #96B3DE #DE96D7

square

#DEC196 #96DE9D #96B3DE #DE96D7

split-complementary

#DEC196 #96D7DE #9D96DE

monochromatic

#BE893C #CFA667 #DEC196 #EDDCC5 #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DEC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC196

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC196	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.066 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d3b5',
    500: '#dec196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec196;
$custom-light: #e9d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82521,
    "c": 0.06579,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC196

secondary

#6284B6

accent

#64C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC196

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

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