#DEC494#DEC494

#DEC494 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.070 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC494
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(39, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 33.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 2.26, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 27.60, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% 0.009 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.07 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2104, 57.1495, 36.1339)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC494 #94AEDE

analogous

#DE9F94 #DEC494 #D3DE94

triadic

#DEC494 #94DEC4 #C494DE

tetradic

#DEC494 #94DE9F #94AEDE #DE94D3

square

#DEC494 #94DE9F #94AEDE #DE94D3

split-complementary

#DEC494 #94D3DE #9F94DE

monochromatic

#BD8F3A #D0AA65 #DEC494 #ECDEC3 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DEC494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DEC494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC494

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC494	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)

#D0C391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.070 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b3',
    500: '#dec494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec494;
$custom-light: #e9d5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83076,
    "c": 0.0696,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC494

secondary

#607EB6

accent

#5CC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC494

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

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