#DEC896#DEC896

#DEC896 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.070 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC896
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, 0.41, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 27.87, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% 0.0037 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.07 87)
XYZ	xyz(56.2843, 59.0420, 37.2796)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC896 #96ACDE

analogous

#DEA496 #DEC896 #D0DE96

triadic

#DEC896 #96DEC8 #C896DE

tetradic

#DEC896 #96DEA4 #96ACDE #DE96D0

square

#DEC896 #96DEA4 #96ACDE #DE96D0

split-complementary

#DEC896 #96D0DE #A496DE

monochromatic

#BE963C #CFB067 #DEC896 #EDE0C5 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#DEC896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC896

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC896	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.070 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d8b5',
    500: '#dec896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec896;
$custom-light: #e9d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83915,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.5904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC896

secondary

#627CB6

accent

#55C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC896

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

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