#DEC99A#DEC99A

#DEC99A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.066 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC99A
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 154)
HSL	hsl(41, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(41, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, 0.40, 26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 26.21, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% 0.0038 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.066 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8443, 59.6377, 39.0824)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC99A #9AAFDE

analogous

#DEA79A #DEC99A #D1DE9A

triadic

#DEC99A #9ADEC9 #C99ADE

tetradic

#DEC99A #9ADEA7 #9AAFDE #DE9AD1

square

#DEC99A #9ADEA7 #9AAFDE #DE9AD1

split-complementary

#DEC99A #9AD1DE #A79ADE

monochromatic

#BF973E #CFB06C #DEC99A #EDE2C8 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DEC99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC99A

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC99A	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.066 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b8',
    500: '#dec99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec99a;
$custom-light: #e9d9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84195,
    "c": 0.06615,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC99A

secondary

#667FB6

accent

#56BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC99A

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

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