#DEC0AE#DEC0AE

#DEC0AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.042 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC0AE
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 174)
HSL	hsl(23, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(23, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, 7.86, 13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 15.20, 58.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% 0.0255 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.042 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6140, 56.2866, 47.9184)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC0AE #AECCDE

analogous

#DEAEB4 #DEC0AE #DED8AE

triadic

#DEC0AE #AEDEC0 #C0AEDE

tetradic

#DEC0AE #B4DEAE #AECCDE #D8AEDE

square

#DEC0AE #B4DEAE #AECCDE #D8AEDE

split-complementary

#DEC0AE #AEDED8 #AEB4DE

monochromatic

#BB7C57 #CC9E83 #DEC0AE #F0E2D9 #F6EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DEC0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC0AE

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC0AE	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.042 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3c6',
    500: '#dec0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec0ae;
$custom-light: #e8d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82864,
    "c": 0.04232,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC0AE

secondary

#7AA0B6

accent

#83B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC0AE

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

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