#DEC486#DEC486

#DEC486 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.085 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC486
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 134)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 39.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, 0.63, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 34.50, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% 0.0034 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.085 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1685, 56.7328, 30.6468)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC486 #86A0DE

analogous

#DE9886 #DEC486 #CCDE86

triadic

#DEC486 #86DEC4 #C486DE

tetradic

#DEC486 #86DE98 #86A0DE #DE86CC

square

#DEC486 #86DE98 #86A0DE #DE86CC

split-complementary

#DEC486 #86CCDE #9886DE

monochromatic

#B89032 #D1AD56 #DEC486 #EBDBB6 #F8F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DEC486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC486

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC486	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.085 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5aa',
    500: '#dec486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec486;
$custom-light: #e9d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82815,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC486

secondary

#5370B5

accent

#51C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC486

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

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