#DEC696#DEC696

#DEC696 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.069 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC696
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, 1.46, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 27.22, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% 0.0067 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.069 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8242, 58.1216, 37.1262)
Luminance	0.5812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC696 #96AEDE

analogous

#DEA296 #DEC696 #D2DE96

triadic

#DEC696 #96DEC6 #C696DE

tetradic

#DEC696 #96DEA2 #96AEDE #DE96D2

square

#DEC696 #96DEA2 #96AEDE #DE96D2

split-complementary

#DEC696 #96D2DE #A296DE

monochromatic

#BE933C #CFAD67 #DEC696 #EDDFC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DEC696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC696

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC696	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.069 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b5',
    500: '#dec696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec696;
$custom-light: #e9d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83515,
    "c": 0.06863,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC696

secondary

#627EB6

accent

#59C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC696

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

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