#DEC491#DEC491

#DEC491 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.073 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC491
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 34.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, 1.89, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 29.07, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% 0.0078 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.073 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9760, 57.0558, 34.8995)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC491 #91ABDE

analogous

#DE9E91 #DEC491 #D2DE91

triadic

#DEC491 #91DEC4 #C491DE

tetradic

#DEC491 #91DE9E #91ABDE #DE91D2

square

#DEC491 #91DE9E #91ABDE #DE91D2

split-complementary

#DEC491 #91D2DE #9E91DE

monochromatic

#BC9038 #D0AB62 #DEC491 #ECDDC0 #F8F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DEC491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC491

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC491	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C38E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.073 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b1',
    500: '#dec491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec491;
$custom-light: #e9d5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.74,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83017,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC491

secondary

#5D7BB6

accent

#59C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC491

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

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