#DEC99B#DEC99B

#DEC99B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.065 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC99B
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 155)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(41, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 0.52, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 25.72, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% 0.0042 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.065 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9279, 59.6712, 39.5229)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC99B #9BB0DE

analogous

#DEA89B #DEC99B #D2DE9B

triadic

#DEC99B #9BDEC9 #C99BDE

tetradic

#DEC99B #9BDEA8 #9BB0DE #DE9BD2

square

#DEC99B #9BDEA8 #9BB0DE #DE9BD2

split-complementary

#DEC99B #9BD2DE #A89BDE

monochromatic

#BF973F #CFB06D #DEC99B #EDE2C9 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DEC99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC99B

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC99B	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)

#D4C898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.065 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b8',
    500: '#dec99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec99b;
$custom-light: #e9d9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84215,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC99B

secondary

#6780B6

accent

#57BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC99B

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

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