#DEC997#DEC997

#DEC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.070 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC997
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, 0.02, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 27.71, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% 0.0026 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.07 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5975, 59.5390, 37.7830)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC997 #97ACDE

analogous

#DEA597 #DEC997 #CFDE97

triadic

#DEC997 #97DEC9 #C997DE

tetradic

#DEC997 #97DEA5 #97ACDE #DE97CF

square

#DEC997 #97DEA5 #97ACDE #DE97CF

split-complementary

#DEC997 #97CFDE #A597DE

monochromatic

#BE983C #CFB169 #DEC997 #EDE1C5 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DEC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC997

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC997	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.070 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b6',
    500: '#dec997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec997;
$custom-light: #e9d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84135,
    "c": 0.06963,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC997

secondary

#637CB6

accent

#54BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC997

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

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