#DEC499#DEC499

#DEC499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.064 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC499
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, 2.88, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 25.16, 83.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% 0.011 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.064 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6147, 57.3112, 38.2634)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC499 #99B3DE

analogous

#DEA199 #DEC499 #D5DE99

triadic

#DEC499 #99DEC4 #C499DE

tetradic

#DEC499 #99DEA1 #99B3DE #DE99D5

square

#DEC499 #99DEA1 #99B3DE #DE99D5

split-complementary

#DEC499 #99D5DE #A199DE

monochromatic

#BF8E3E #CFA96B #DEC499 #EDDFC7 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DEC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC499

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC499	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)

#CFC496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.064 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b7',
    500: '#dec499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec499;
$custom-light: #e9d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83177,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC499

secondary

#6584B6

accent

#60BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC499

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

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