#DEC49C#DEC49C

#DEC49C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.061 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC49C
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 156)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, 3.27, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 23.71, 82.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% 0.0122 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.061 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8656, 57.4116, 39.5848)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC49C #9CB6DE

analogous

#DEA39C #DEC49C #D7DE9C

triadic

#DEC49C #9CDEC4 #C49CDE

tetradic

#DEC49C #9CDEA3 #9CB6DE #DE9CD7

square

#DEC49C #9CDEA3 #9CB6DE #DE9CD7

split-complementary

#DEC49C #9CD7DE #A39CDE

monochromatic

#BF8D40 #CFA96E #DEC49C #EDDFCA #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DEC49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC49C

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC49C	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.061 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5b9',
    500: '#dec49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec49c;
$custom-light: #e9d5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8324,
    "c": 0.06074,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC49C

secondary

#6887B6

accent

#63BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC49C

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

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