#DEC299#DEC299

#DEC299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.063 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC299
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, 3.93, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 24.62, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% 0.014 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.063 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1666, 56.4150, 38.1141)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC299 #99B5DE

analogous

#DE9F99 #DEC299 #D7DE99

triadic

#DEC299 #99DEC2 #C299DE

tetradic

#DEC299 #99DE9F #99B5DE #DE99D7

square

#DEC299 #99DE9F #99B5DE #DE99D7

split-complementary

#DEC299 #99D7DE #9F99DE

monochromatic

#BF8A3E #CFA66B #DEC299 #EDDEC7 #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC299

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC299	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)

#CDC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.063 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d4b7',
    500: '#dec299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec299;
$custom-light: #e9d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8278,
    "c": 0.06302,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC299

secondary

#6586B6

accent

#64BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC299

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

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