#DEC996#DEC996

#DEC996 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.071 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC996
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 150)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -0.11, 28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 28.21, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% 0.0022 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.071 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5167, 59.5067, 37.3571)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC996 #96ABDE

analogous

#DEA596 #DEC996 #CFDE96

triadic

#DEC996 #96DEC9 #C996DE

tetradic

#DEC996 #96DEA5 #96ABDE #DE96CF

square

#DEC996 #96DEA5 #96ABDE #DE96CF

split-complementary

#DEC996 #96CFDE #A596DE

monochromatic

#BE983C #CFB167 #DEC996 #EDE1C5 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#DEC996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC996

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC996	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.071 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b5',
    500: '#dec996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec996;
$custom-light: #e9d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84115,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC996

secondary

#627BB6

accent

#53C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC996

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

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