#DEC596#DEC596

#DEC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.068 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC596
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, 1.98, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 26.91, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0083 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.068 83)
XYZ	xyz(55.5964, 57.6660, 37.0503)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC596 #96AFDE

analogous

#DEA196 #DEC596 #D3DE96

triadic

#DEC596 #96DEC5 #C596DE

tetradic

#DEC596 #96DEA1 #96AFDE #DE96D3

square

#DEC596 #96DEA1 #96AFDE #DE96D3

split-complementary

#DEC596 #96D3DE #A196DE

monochromatic

#BE913C #CFAB67 #DEC596 #EDDFC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#DEC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC596

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC596	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.068 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b5',
    500: '#dec596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec596;
$custom-light: #e9d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83315,
    "c": 0.06798,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.57664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC596

secondary

#627FB6

accent

#5BC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC596

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

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