#DEC39D#DEC39D

#DEC39D is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.059 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC39D
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 157)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(35, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 3.92, 22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 22.97, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% 0.0141 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.059 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7258, 56.9960, 39.9577)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC39D #9DB8DE

analogous

#DEA39D #DEC39D #D9DE9D

triadic

#DEC39D #9DDEC3 #C39DDE

tetradic

#DEC39D #9DDEA3 #9DB8DE #DE9DD9

square

#DEC39D #9DDEA3 #9DB8DE #DE9DD9

split-complementary

#DEC39D #9DD9DE #A39DDE

monochromatic

#BF8B41 #CFA76F #DEC39D #EDDFCB #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DEC39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC39D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC39D	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.059 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ba',
    500: '#dec39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec39d;
$custom-light: #e9d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.077,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83063,
    "c": 0.05916,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC39D

secondary

#6989B6

accent

#66BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC39D

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

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