#DEC49A#DEC49A

#DEC49A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.063 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC49A
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 154)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, 3.01, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 24.67, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% 0.0114 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.063 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6976, 57.3444, 38.7002)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC49A #9AB4DE

analogous

#DEA29A #DEC49A #D6DE9A

triadic

#DEC49A #9ADEC4 #C49ADE

tetradic

#DEC49A #9ADEA2 #9AB4DE #DE9AD6

square

#DEC49A #9ADEA2 #9AB4DE #DE9AD6

split-complementary

#DEC49A #9AD6DE #A29ADE

monochromatic

#BF8E3E #CFA96C #DEC49A #EDDFC8 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DEC49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC49A

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC49A	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.063 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b8',
    500: '#dec49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec49a;
$custom-light: #e9d5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83198,
    "c": 0.06294,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC49A

secondary

#6685B6

accent

#61BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC49A

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

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