#DEC587#DEC587

#DEC587 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.085 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC587
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 0.22, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 34.33, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% 0.0023 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.085 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4649, 57.2134, 31.0913)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC587 #87A0DE

analogous

#DE9A87 #DEC587 #CBDE87

triadic

#DEC587 #87DEC5 #C587DE

tetradic

#DEC587 #87DE9A #87A0DE #DE87CB

square

#DEC587 #87DE9A #87A0DE #DE87CB

split-complementary

#DEC587 #87CBDE #9A87DE

monochromatic

#B89233 #D1AE57 #DEC587 #EBDCB7 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DEC587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC587

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC587	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)

#D3C383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.085 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6aa',
    500: '#dec587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec587;
$custom-light: #e9d6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83033,
    "c": 0.08471,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC587

secondary

#5470B5

accent

#50C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC587

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

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