#DEC99D#DEC99D

#DEC99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.063 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC99D
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(41, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, 0.78, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 24.72, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% 0.005 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.063 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0973, 59.7389, 40.4148)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC99D #9DB2DE

analogous

#DEA99D #DEC99D #D3DE9D

triadic

#DEC99D #9DDEC9 #C99DDE

tetradic

#DEC99D #9DDEA9 #9DB2DE #DE9DD3

square

#DEC99D #9DDEA9 #9DB2DE #DE9DD3

split-complementary

#DEC99D #9DD3DE #A99DDE

monochromatic

#BF9741 #CFB06F #DEC99D #EDE2CB #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DEC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC99D

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC99D	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.063 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9ba',
    500: '#dec99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec99d;
$custom-light: #e9d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.615,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84257,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC99D

secondary

#6982B6

accent

#58BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC99D

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

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