#DEC49E#DEC49E

#DEC49E is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.059 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC49E
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 158)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(36, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, 3.53, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 22.75, 81.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% 0.013 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.059 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0363, 57.4799, 40.4841)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC49E #9EB8DE

analogous

#DEA49E #DEC49E #D8DE9E

triadic

#DEC49E #9EDEC4 #C49EDE

tetradic

#DEC49E #9EDEA4 #9EB8DE #DE9ED8

square

#DEC49E #9EDEA4 #9EB8DE #DE9ED8

split-complementary

#DEC49E #9ED8DE #A49EDE

monochromatic

#BF8C43 #CEA870 #DEC49E #EEE0CC #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DEC49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DEC49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC49E

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC49E	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.059 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ba',
    500: '#dec49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec49e;
$custom-light: #e9d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83282,
    "c": 0.05854,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC49E

secondary

#6A89B6

accent

#65BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC49E

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

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