#DEC697#DEC697

#DEC697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.068 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC697
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, 1.58, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 26.73, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% 0.0071 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.068 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9050, 58.1540, 37.5521)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC697 #97AFDE

analogous

#DEA297 #DEC697 #D3DE97

triadic

#DEC697 #97DEC6 #C697DE

tetradic

#DEC697 #97DEA2 #97AFDE #DE97D3

square

#DEC697 #97DEA2 #97AFDE #DE97D3

split-complementary

#DEC697 #97D3DE #A297DE

monochromatic

#BE923C #CFAD69 #DEC697 #EDDFC5 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#DEC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC697

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC697	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.068 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b6',
    500: '#dec697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec697;
$custom-light: #e9d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83535,
    "c": 0.0675,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC697

secondary

#637FB6

accent

#5ABF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC697

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

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