#DEC597#DEC597

#DEC597 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.067 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC597
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 151)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, 2.11, 26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 26.42, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% 0.0087 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.067 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6772, 57.6983, 37.4762)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC597 #97B0DE

analogous

#DEA197 #DEC597 #D3DE97

triadic

#DEC597 #97DEC5 #C597DE

tetradic

#DEC597 #97DEA1 #97B0DE #DE97D3

square

#DEC597 #97DEA1 #97B0DE #DE97D3

split-complementary

#DEC597 #97D3DE #A197DE

monochromatic

#BE913C #CFAB69 #DEC597 #EDDFC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#DEC597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC597

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC597	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.067 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b6',
    500: '#dec597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec597;
$custom-light: #e9d6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.873,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83335,
    "c": 0.06686,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC597

secondary

#6380B6

accent

#5CBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC597

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

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