#DEC09C#DEC09C

#DEC09C is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.059 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC09C
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 156)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(33, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, 5.37, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 22.75, 76.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% 0.0183 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.059 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9754, 55.6311, 39.2881)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC09C #9CBADE

analogous

#DE9F9C #DEC09C #DBDE9C

triadic

#DEC09C #9CDEC0 #C09CDE

tetradic

#DEC09C #9CDE9F #9CBADE #DE9CDB

square

#DEC09C #9CDE9F #9CBADE #DE9CDB

split-complementary

#DEC09C #9CDBDE #9F9CDE

monochromatic

#BF8640 #CFA36E #DEC09C #EDDDCA #F7F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DEC09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DEC09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC09C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC09C	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.059 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d3b9',
    500: '#dec09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec09c;
$custom-light: #e9d3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82449,
    "c": 0.05906,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC09C

secondary

#688CB6

accent

#6CBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC09C

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

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