#DEC69D#DEC69D

#DEC69D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.061 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC69D
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 157)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(38, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 2.35, 23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 23.79, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% 0.0096 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.061 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4048, 58.3539, 40.1840)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC69D #9DB5DE

analogous

#DEA69D #DEC69D #D6DE9D

triadic

#DEC69D #9DDEC6 #C69DDE

tetradic

#DEC69D #9DDEA6 #9DB5DE #DE9DD6

square

#DEC69D #9DDEA6 #9DB5DE #DE9DD6

split-complementary

#DEC69D #9DD6DE #A69DDE

monochromatic

#BF9141 #CFAB6F #DEC69D #EDE1CB #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DEC69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC69D

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC69D	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.061 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7ba',
    500: '#dec69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec69d;
$custom-light: #e9d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83658,
    "c": 0.06073,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC69D

secondary

#6985B6

accent

#5FBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC69D

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

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