#DEC48C#DEC48C

#DEC48C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.078 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC48C
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 140)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(41, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 36.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, 1.30, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 31.54, 87.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% 0.0058 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.078 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5989, 56.9049, 32.9136)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC48C #8CA6DE

analogous

#DE9B8C #DEC48C #CFDE8C

triadic

#DEC48C #8CDEC4 #C48CDE

tetradic

#DEC48C #8CDE9B #8CA6DE #DE8CCF

square

#DEC48C #8CDE9B #8CA6DE #DE8CCF

split-complementary

#DEC48C #8CCFDE #9B8CDE

monochromatic

#BA9035 #D0AC5C #DEC48C #ECDCBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DEC48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DEC48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC48C

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC48C	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.078 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ae',
    500: '#dec48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec48c;
$custom-light: #e9d5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82923,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC48C

secondary

#5976B6

accent

#55C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC48C

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

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