#DEC599#DEC599

#DEC599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.065 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC599
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(38, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, 2.36, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 25.45, 84.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% 0.0095 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.065 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8410, 57.7639, 38.3389)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC599 #99B2DE

analogous

#DEA299 #DEC599 #D4DE99

triadic

#DEC599 #99DEC5 #C599DE

tetradic

#DEC599 #99DEA2 #99B2DE #DE99D4

square

#DEC599 #99DEA2 #99B2DE #DE99D4

split-complementary

#DEC599 #99D4DE #A299DE

monochromatic

#BF903E #CFAB6B #DEC599 #EDDFC7 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DEC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC599

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC599	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.065 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b7',
    500: '#dec599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec599;
$custom-light: #e9d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83376,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC599

secondary

#6582B6

accent

#5EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC599

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

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