#DEC296#DEC296

#DEC296 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.066 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC296
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, 3.55, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 26.06, 82.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% 0.0128 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.066 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.9219, 56.3172, 36.8255)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC296 #96B2DE

analogous

#DE9E96 #DEC296 #D6DE96

triadic

#DEC296 #96DEC2 #C296DE

tetradic

#DEC296 #96DE9E #96B2DE #DE96D6

square

#DEC296 #96DE9E #96B2DE #DE96D6

split-complementary

#DEC296 #96D6DE #9E96DE

monochromatic

#BE8B3C #CFA767 #DEC296 #EDDDC5 #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC296

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC296	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.066 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d4b5',
    500: '#dec296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec296;
$custom-light: #e9d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82719,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC296

secondary

#6283B6

accent

#62C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC296

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

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