#DEC699#DEC699

#DEC699 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.065 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC699
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(39, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 1.84, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 25.74, 85.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% 0.0079 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.065 83)
XYZ	xyz(56.0688, 58.2195, 38.4148)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC699 #99B1DE

analogous

#DEA399 #DEC699 #D3DE99

triadic

#DEC699 #99DEC6 #C699DE

tetradic

#DEC699 #99DEA3 #99B1DE #DE99D3

square

#DEC699 #99DEA3 #99B1DE #DE99D3

split-complementary

#DEC699 #99D3DE #A399DE

monochromatic

#BF923E #CFAC6B #DEC699 #EDE0C7 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DEC699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC699

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC699	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.065 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b7',
    500: '#dec699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec699;
$custom-light: #e9d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83575,
    "c": 0.06524,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.58218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC699

secondary

#6581B6

accent

#5CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC699

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

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