#DEC998#DEC998

#DEC998 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.068 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC998
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 152)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 31.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, 0.14, 27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 27.21, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% 0.003 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.068 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6791, 59.5716, 38.2125)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC998 #98ADDE

analogous

#DEA698 #DEC998 #D0DE98

triadic

#DEC998 #98DEC9 #C998DE

tetradic

#DEC998 #98DEA6 #98ADDE #DE98D0

square

#DEC998 #98DEA6 #98ADDE #DE98D0

split-complementary

#DEC998 #98D0DE #A698DE

monochromatic

#BF983D #CFB16A #DEC998 #EDE1C6 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#DEC998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC998

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC998	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)

#D4C795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.068 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b6',
    500: '#dec998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec998;
$custom-light: #e9d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 51.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84155,
    "c": 0.06847,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC998

secondary

#647DB6

accent

#54BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC998

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

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