#DEC98F#DEC98F

#DEC98F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.079 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC98F
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 143)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(44, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 35.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -0.95, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 31.71, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0006 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.079 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9698, 59.2879, 34.4767)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC98F #8FA4DE

analogous

#DEA28F #DEC98F #CCDE8F

triadic

#DEC98F #8FDEC9 #C98FDE

tetradic

#DEC98F #8FDEA2 #8FA4DE #DE8FCC

square

#DEC98F #8FDEA2 #8FA4DE #DE8FCC

split-complementary

#DEC98F #8FCCDE #A28FDE

monochromatic

#BB9837 #D0B260 #DEC98F #ECE0BE #F8F4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DEC98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC98F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC98F	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCD91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.079 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b0',
    500: '#dec98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec98f;
$custom-light: #e9d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83982,
    "c": 0.07881,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC98F

secondary

#5B73B6

accent

#4EC224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC98F

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

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