#DEC4AD#DEC4AD

#DEC4AD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.043 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4AD
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 173)
HSL	hsl(28, 43%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(28, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 22.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, 5.60, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 15.93, 69.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% 0.0191 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.043 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4071, 58.0282, 47.7036)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4AD #ADC7DE

analogous

#DEADAF #DEC4AD #DEDCAD

triadic

#DEC4AD #ADDEC4 #C4ADDE

tetradic

#DEC4AD #AFDEAD #ADC7DE #DCADDE

square

#DEC4AD #AFDEAD #ADC7DE #DCADDE

split-complementary

#DEC4AD #ADDEDC #ADAFDE

monochromatic

#BB8556 #CCA581 #DEC4AD #F0E3D9 #F6EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DEC4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4AD

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4AD	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3CBAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.043 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5c5',
    500: '#dec4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4ad;
$custom-light: #e8d5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.163,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83623,
    "c": 0.04299,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4AD

secondary

#7999B6

accent

#77B630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4AD

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

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