#DEC591#DEC591

#DEC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.074 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC591
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 34.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, 1.37, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 29.38, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% 0.0062 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.074 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2023, 57.5084, 34.9750)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC591 #91AADE

analogous

#DE9F91 #DEC591 #D1DE91

triadic

#DEC591 #91DEC5 #C591DE

tetradic

#DEC591 #91DE9F #91AADE #DE91D1

square

#DEC591 #91DE9F #91AADE #DE91D1

split-complementary

#DEC591 #91D1DE #9F91DE

monochromatic

#BC9138 #D0AC62 #DEC591 #ECDEC0 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DEC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC591

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC591	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.074 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b1',
    500: '#dec591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec591;
$custom-light: #e9d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.519,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83217,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC591

secondary

#5D7AB6

accent

#57C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC591

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

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