#DEC899#DEC899

#DEC899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.067 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC899
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(41, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, 0.79, 26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 26.38, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% 0.0049 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.067 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5290, 59.1398, 38.5682)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC899 #99AFDE

analogous

#DEA599 #DEC899 #D1DE99

triadic

#DEC899 #99DEC8 #C899DE

tetradic

#DEC899 #99DEA5 #99AFDE #DE99D1

square

#DEC899 #99DEA5 #99AFDE #DE99D1

split-complementary

#DEC899 #99D1DE #A599DE

monochromatic

#BF963E #CFAF6B #DEC899 #EDE1C7 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DEC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC899

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC899	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.067 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d8b7',
    500: '#dec899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec899;
$custom-light: #e9d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83975,
    "c": 0.06658,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC899

secondary

#657FB6

accent

#57BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC899

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

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