#DEC497#DEC497

#DEC497 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.066 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC497
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 151)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, 2.63, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 26.13, 84.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% 0.0102 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.066 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4509, 57.2457, 37.4008)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC497 #97B1DE

analogous

#DEA097 #DEC497 #D4DE97

triadic

#DEC497 #97DEC4 #C497DE

tetradic

#DEC497 #97DEA0 #97B1DE #DE97D4

square

#DEC497 #97DEA0 #97B1DE #DE97D4

split-complementary

#DEC497 #97D4DE #A097DE

monochromatic

#BE8F3C #CFAA69 #DEC497 #EDDEC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DEC497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC497

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC497	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.066 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b6',
    500: '#dec497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec497;
$custom-light: #e9d5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC497

secondary

#6381B6

accent

#5EBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC497

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

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