#DEC98E#DEC98E

#DEC98E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.080 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC98E
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 142)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -1.07, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 32.21, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.001 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.08 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8944, 59.2577, 34.0795)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC98E #8EA3DE

analogous

#DEA18E #DEC98E #CBDE8E

triadic

#DEC98E #8EDEC9 #C98EDE

tetradic

#DEC98E #8EDEA1 #8EA3DE #DE8ECB

square

#DEC98E #8EDEA1 #8EA3DE #DE8ECB

split-complementary

#DEC98E #8ECBDE #A18EDE

monochromatic

#BB9837 #D0B25F #DEC98E #ECE0BD #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DEC98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC98E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC98E	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)

#D6C78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCD90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.080 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9af',
    500: '#dec98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec98e;
$custom-light: #e9d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83963,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC98E

secondary

#5A72B6

accent

#4DC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC98E

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

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