#DEC487#DEC487

#DEC487 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.084 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC487
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, 0.74, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 34.01, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% 0.0038 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.084 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2386, 56.7608, 31.0159)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC487 #87A1DE

analogous

#DE9887 #DEC487 #CDDE87

triadic

#DEC487 #87DEC4 #C487DE

tetradic

#DEC487 #87DE98 #87A1DE #DE87CD

square

#DEC487 #87DE98 #87A1DE #DE87CD

split-complementary

#DEC487 #87CDDE #9887DE

monochromatic

#B89033 #D1AC57 #DEC487 #EBDCB7 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DEC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC487

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC487	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)

#D2C283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.084 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5aa',
    500: '#dec487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec487;
$custom-light: #e9d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82832,
    "c": 0.08399,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC487

secondary

#5471B5

accent

#52C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC487

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

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