#DEC489#DEC489

#DEC489 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.082 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC489
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 0.96, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 33.02, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% 0.0046 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.082 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3807, 56.8177, 31.7644)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC489 #89A3DE

analogous

#DE9989 #DEC489 #CDDE89

triadic

#DEC489 #89DEC4 #C489DE

tetradic

#DEC489 #89DE99 #89A3DE #DE89CD

square

#DEC489 #89DE99 #89A3DE #DE89CD

split-complementary

#DEC489 #89CDDE #9989DE

monochromatic

#B99034 #D1AC59 #DEC489 #EBDCB9 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DEC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC489

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC489	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)

#D1C285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.082 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ac',
    500: '#dec489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec489;
$custom-light: #e9d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.647,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC489

secondary

#5673B5

accent

#53C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC489

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

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