#DEC98B#DEC98B

#DEC98B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.083 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC98B
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 139)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -1.41, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 33.71, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0022 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.083 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6722, 59.1689, 32.9092)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC98B #8BA0DE

analogous

#DE9F8B #DEC98B #C9DE8B

triadic

#DEC98B #8BDEC9 #C98BDE

tetradic

#DEC98B #8BDE9F #8BA0DE #DE8BC9

square

#DEC98B #8BDE9F #8BA0DE #DE8BC9

split-complementary

#DEC98B #8BC9DE #9F8BDE

monochromatic

#BA9835 #D0B35B #DEC98B #ECDFBB #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DEC98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC98B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC98B	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)

#D6C787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.083 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9ad',
    500: '#dec98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec98b;
$custom-light: #e9d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.819,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83909,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC98B

secondary

#586FB6

accent

#4BC322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC98B

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

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