#DEC49D#DEC49D

#DEC49D is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.060 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC49D
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(36, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, 3.40, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 23.23, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% 0.0126 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.06 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9506, 57.4456, 40.0326)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC49D #9DB7DE

analogous

#DEA49D #DEC49D #D8DE9D

triadic

#DEC49D #9DDEC4 #C49DDE

tetradic

#DEC49D #9DDEA4 #9DB7DE #DE9DD8

square

#DEC49D #9DDEA4 #9DB7DE #DE9DD8

split-complementary

#DEC49D #9DD8DE #A49DDE

monochromatic

#BF8D41 #CFA86F #DEC49D #EDE0CB #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DEC49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC49D

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC49D	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.060 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ba',
    500: '#dec49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec49d;
$custom-light: #e9d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83261,
    "c": 0.05964,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC49D

secondary

#6988B6

accent

#64BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC49D

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

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