#DEC397#DEC397

#DEC397 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.066 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC397
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 151)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, 3.15, 25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 25.85, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% 0.0117 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.066 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2261, 56.7961, 37.3258)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC397 #97B2DE

analogous

#DE9F97 #DEC397 #D5DE97

triadic

#DEC397 #97DEC3 #C397DE

tetradic

#DEC397 #97DE9F #97B2DE #DE97D5

square

#DEC397 #97DE9F #97B2DE #DE97D5

split-complementary

#DEC397 #97D5DE #9F97DE

monochromatic

#BE8D3C #CFA869 #DEC397 #EDDEC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DEC397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC397

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC397	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.066 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b6',
    500: '#dec397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec397;
$custom-light: #e9d5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82937,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC397

secondary

#6383B6

accent

#60BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC397

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

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