#DEC6AE#DEC6AE

#DEC6AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.042 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC6AE
RGB	rgb(222, 198, 174)
HSL	hsl(30, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(30, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, 4.70, 15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 15.83, 72.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0164 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.042 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9584, 58.9753, 48.3665)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC6AE #AEC6DE

analogous

#DEAEAE #DEC6AE #DEDEAE

triadic

#DEC6AE #AEDEC6 #C6AEDE

tetradic

#DEC6AE #AEDEAE #AEC6DE #DEAEDE

square

#DEC6AE #AEDEAE #AEC6DE #DEAEDE

split-complementary

#DEC6AE #AEDEDE #AEAEDE

monochromatic

#BB8957 #CCA783 #DEC6AE #F0E5D9 #F6F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DEC6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC6AE

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC6AE	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 198, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.042 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d7c6',
    500: '#dec6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec6ae;
$custom-light: #e8d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8404,
    "c": 0.04236,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC6AE

secondary

#7A98B6

accent

#73B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC6AE

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

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