#DEC298#DEC298

#DEC298 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.064 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC298
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 152)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 31.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, 3.81, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 25.10, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% 0.0136 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.064 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0844, 56.3821, 37.6809)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC298 #98B4DE

analogous

#DE9F98 #DEC298 #D7DE98

triadic

#DEC298 #98DEC2 #C298DE

tetradic

#DEC298 #98DE9F #98B4DE #DE98D7

square

#DEC298 #98DE9F #98B4DE #DE98D7

split-complementary

#DEC298 #98D7DE #9F98DE

monochromatic

#BF8B3D #CFA76A #DEC298 #EDDDC6 #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC298 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC298

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC298	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.064 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d4b6',
    500: '#dec298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec298;
$custom-light: #e9d4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 51.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8276,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC298

secondary

#6485B6

accent

#64BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC298

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

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