#DEC5AE#DEC5AE

#DEC5AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.042 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC5AE
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(29, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 5.22, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 15.66, 70.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0179 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.042 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7306, 58.5197, 48.2905)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC5AE #AEC7DE

analogous

#DEAEAF #DEC5AE #DEDDAE

triadic

#DEC5AE #AEDEC5 #C5AEDE

tetradic

#DEC5AE #AFDEAE #AEC7DE #DDAEDE

square

#DEC5AE #AFDEAE #AEC7DE #DDAEDE

split-complementary

#DEC5AE #AEDEDD #AEAFDE

monochromatic

#BB8757 #CCA683 #DEC5AE #F0E4D9 #F6EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DEC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC5AE

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC5AE	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3CBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.042 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6c6',
    500: '#dec5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec5ae;
$custom-light: #e8d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83843,
    "c": 0.04216,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC5AE

secondary

#7A99B6

accent

#76B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC5AE

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

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