#DEC995#DEC995

#DEC995 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.072 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC995
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 32.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -0.23, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 28.71, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% 0.0018 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.072 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4365, 59.4746, 36.9348)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC995 #95AADE

analogous

#DEA595 #DEC995 #CEDE95

triadic

#DEC995 #95DEC9 #C995DE

tetradic

#DEC995 #95DEA5 #95AADE #DE95CE

square

#DEC995 #95DEA5 #95AADE #DE95CE

split-complementary

#DEC995 #95CEDE #A595DE

monochromatic

#BE983B #CFB166 #DEC995 #EDE1C4 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DEC995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC995

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC995	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.072 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b4',
    500: '#dec995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec995;
$custom-light: #e9d9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84096,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC995

secondary

#617AB6

accent

#52C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC995

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

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