#DEC496#DEC496

#DEC496 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.067 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC496
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 2.50, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 26.62, 84.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% 0.0098 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.067 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3700, 57.2134, 36.9749)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC496 #96B0DE

analogous

#DEA096 #DEC496 #D4DE96

triadic

#DEC496 #96DEC4 #C496DE

tetradic

#DEC496 #96DEA0 #96B0DE #DE96D4

square

#DEC496 #96DEA0 #96B0DE #DE96D4

split-complementary

#DEC496 #96D4DE #A096DE

monochromatic

#BE8F3C #CFAA67 #DEC496 #EDDEC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DEC496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC496

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC496	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)

#D0C393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.067 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b5',
    500: '#dec496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec496;
$custom-light: #e9d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83116,
    "c": 0.06737,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC496

secondary

#6280B6

accent

#5DC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC496

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

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