#DEC2AE#DEC2AE

#DEC2AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.042 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC2AE
RGB	rgb(222, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(25, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, 6.80, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 15.30, 63.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% 0.0225 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.042 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0562, 57.1708, 48.0657)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC2AE #AECADE

analogous

#DEAEB2 #DEC2AE #DEDAAE

triadic

#DEC2AE #AEDEC2 #C2AEDE

tetradic

#DEC2AE #B2DEAE #AECADE #DAAEDE

square

#DEC2AE #B2DEAE #AECADE #DAAEDE

split-complementary

#DEC2AE #AEDEDA #AEB2DE

monochromatic

#BB8157 #CCA183 #DEC2AE #F0E3D9 #F6EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DEC2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC2AE

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC2AE	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1CAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.042 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4c6',
    500: '#dec2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec2ae;
$custom-light: #e8d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83255,
    "c": 0.04203,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC2AE

secondary

#7A9DB6

accent

#7EB530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC2AE

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

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