#DEC495#DEC495

#DEC495 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.068 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC495
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 32.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, 2.38, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 27.11, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% 0.0094 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.068 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2899, 57.1813, 36.5526)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC495 #95AFDE

analogous

#DE9F95 #DEC495 #D4DE95

triadic

#DEC495 #95DEC4 #C495DE

tetradic

#DEC495 #95DE9F #95AFDE #DE95D4

square

#DEC495 #95DE9F #95AFDE #DE95D4

split-complementary

#DEC495 #95D4DE #9F95DE

monochromatic

#BE8F3B #CFAA66 #DEC495 #EDDEC4 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DEC495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC495

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC495	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.068 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b4',
    500: '#dec495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec495;
$custom-light: #e9d5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83096,
    "c": 0.06848,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC495

secondary

#617FB6

accent

#5DC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC495

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

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