#DEC98D#DEC98D

#DEC98D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.081 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC98D
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 141)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -1.18, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 32.71, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0014 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.081 91)
XYZ	xyz(55.8196, 59.2278, 33.6859)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC98D #8DA2DE

analogous

#DEA08D #DEC98D #CADE8D

triadic

#DEC98D #8DDEC9 #C98DDE

tetradic

#DEC98D #8DDEA0 #8DA2DE #DE8DCA

square

#DEC98D #8DDEA0 #8DA2DE #DE8DCA

split-complementary

#DEC98D #8DCADE #A08DDE

monochromatic

#BB9836 #D0B35E #DEC98D #ECDFBC #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DEC98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC98D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC98D	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.081 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9af',
    500: '#dec98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec98d;
$custom-light: #e9d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83945,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.59226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC98D

secondary

#5A71B6

accent

#4CC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC98D

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

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