#DEC399#DEC399

#DEC399 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.064 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC399
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, 3.41, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 24.88, 82.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% 0.0125 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.064 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3899, 56.8616, 38.1885)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC399 #99B4DE

analogous

#DEA099 #DEC399 #D6DE99

triadic

#DEC399 #99DEC3 #C399DE

tetradic

#DEC399 #99DEA0 #99B4DE #DE99D6

square

#DEC399 #99DEA0 #99B4DE #DE99D6

split-complementary

#DEC399 #99D6DE #A099DE

monochromatic

#BF8C3E #CFA86B #DEC399 #EDDEC7 #F8F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#DEC399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC399

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC399	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.064 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b7',
    500: '#dec399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec399;
$custom-light: #e9d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82979,
    "c": 0.06351,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC399

secondary

#6585B6

accent

#62BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC399

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

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