#DEC99C#DEC99C

#DEC99C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.064 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC99C
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(41, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, 0.65, 25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 25.22, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% 0.0046 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.064 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0122, 59.7049, 39.9670)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC99C #9CB1DE

analogous

#DEA89C #DEC99C #D2DE9C

triadic

#DEC99C #9CDEC9 #C99CDE

tetradic

#DEC99C #9CDEA8 #9CB1DE #DE9CD2

square

#DEC99C #9CDEA8 #9CB1DE #DE9CD2

split-complementary

#DEC99C #9CD2DE #A89CDE

monochromatic

#BF9740 #CFB06E #DEC99C #EDE2CA #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DEC99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC99C

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC99C	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.064 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b9',
    500: '#dec99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec99c;
$custom-light: #e9d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84236,
    "c": 0.06384,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC99C

secondary

#6881B6

accent

#58BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC99C

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

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