#DEC99F#DEC99F

#DEC99F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.060 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC99F
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(40, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 28.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, 1.04, 23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 23.73, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.0058 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.06 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2694, 59.8078, 41.3214)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC99F #9FB4DE

analogous

#DEAA9F #DEC99F #D4DE9F

triadic

#DEC99F #9FDEC9 #C99FDE

tetradic

#DEC99F #9FDEAA #9FB4DE #DE9FD4

square

#DEC99F #9FDEAA #9FB4DE #DE9FD4

split-complementary

#DEC99F #9FD4DE #AA9FDE

monochromatic

#BF9644 #CEAF71 #DEC99F #EEE3CD #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DEC99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC99F

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC99F	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.060 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9bb',
    500: '#dec99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec99f;
$custom-light: #e9d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84299,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC99F

secondary

#6B84B6

accent

#5ABC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC99F

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

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