#DEC498#DEC498

#DEC498 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.065 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC498
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 152)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 31.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, 2.76, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 25.64, 83.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% 0.0106 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.065 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.5325, 57.2784, 37.8303)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC498 #98B2DE

analogous

#DEA198 #DEC498 #D5DE98

triadic

#DEC498 #98DEC4 #C498DE

tetradic

#DEC498 #98DEA1 #98B2DE #DE98D5

square

#DEC498 #98DEA1 #98B2DE #DE98D5

split-complementary

#DEC498 #98D5DE #A198DE

monochromatic

#BF8E3D #CFA96A #DEC498 #EDDFC6 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DEC498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC498

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC498	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.065 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b6',
    500: '#dec498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec498;
$custom-light: #e9d5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 51.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83156,
    "c": 0.06515,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC498

secondary

#6483B6

accent

#5FBF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC498

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

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