#DEC4AE#DEC4AE

#DEC4AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.042 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC4AE
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(28, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(28, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, 5.75, 14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 15.52, 68.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% 0.0194 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.042 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5043, 58.0671, 48.2151)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC4AE #AEC8DE

analogous

#DEAEB0 #DEC4AE #DEDCAE

triadic

#DEC4AE #AEDEC4 #C4AEDE

tetradic

#DEC4AE #B0DEAE #AEC8DE #DCAEDE

square

#DEC4AE #B0DEAE #AEC8DE #DCAEDE

split-complementary

#DEC4AE #AEDEDC #AEB0DE

monochromatic

#BB8557 #CCA483 #DEC4AE #F0E4D9 #F6EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DEC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DEC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC4AE

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC4AE	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#CCC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2CBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.042 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5c6',
    500: '#dec4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec4ae;
$custom-light: #e8d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83647,
    "c": 0.04205,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC4AE

secondary

#7A9BB6

accent

#78B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC4AE

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

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