#DEC99E#DEC99E

#DEC99E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.062 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC99E
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, 0.91, 24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 24.22, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% 0.0054 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.062 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1830, 59.7732, 40.8663)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC99E #9EB3DE

analogous

#DEA99E #DEC99E #D3DE9E

triadic

#DEC99E #9EDEC9 #C99EDE

tetradic

#DEC99E #9EDEA9 #9EB3DE #DE9ED3

square

#DEC99E #9EDEA9 #9EB3DE #DE9ED3

split-complementary

#DEC99E #9ED3DE #A99EDE

monochromatic

#BF9643 #CEB070 #DEC99E #EEE2CC #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DEC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC99E

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC99E	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)

#D4C89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.062 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9bb',
    500: '#dec99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec99e;
$custom-light: #e9d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.312,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84278,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC99E

secondary

#6A83B6

accent

#59BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC99E

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

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