#DEC48E#DEC48E

#DEC48E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.076 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC48E
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 142)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(41, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, 1.54, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 30.55, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% 0.0066 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.076 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7477, 56.9645, 33.6973)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC48E #8EA8DE

analogous

#DE9C8E #DEC48E #D0DE8E

triadic

#DEC48E #8EDEC4 #C48EDE

tetradic

#DEC48E #8EDE9C #8EA8DE #DE8ED0

square

#DEC48E #8EDE9C #8EA8DE #DE8ED0

split-complementary

#DEC48E #8ED0DE #9C8EDE

monochromatic

#BB9037 #D0AB5F #DEC48E #ECDDBD #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DEC48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC48E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC48E	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.076 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5af',
    500: '#dec48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec48e;
$custom-light: #e9d5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8296,
    "c": 0.07627,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC48E

secondary

#5A78B6

accent

#57C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC48E

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

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