#DEC589#DEC589

#DEC589 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.083 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC589
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 137)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 0.44, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 33.34, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% 0.003 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.083 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6070, 57.2703, 31.8399)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC589 #89A2DE

analogous

#DE9A89 #DEC589 #CCDE89

triadic

#DEC589 #89DEC5 #C589DE

tetradic

#DEC589 #89DE9A #89A2DE #DE89CC

square

#DEC589 #89DE9A #89A2DE #DE89CC

split-complementary

#DEC589 #89CCDE #9A89DE

monochromatic

#B99234 #D1AD59 #DEC589 #EBDDB9 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DEC589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC589

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC589	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)

#D2C385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.083 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6ac',
    500: '#dec589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec589;
$custom-light: #e9d6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83068,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC589

secondary

#5672B5

accent

#51C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC589

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

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