#DEC7AE#DEC7AE

#DEC7AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.043 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC7AE
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 174)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(31, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, 4.17, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 16.02, 74.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% 0.0149 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.043 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1877, 59.4340, 48.4429)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC7AE #AEC5DE

analogous

#DEAFAE #DEC7AE #DDDEAE

triadic

#DEC7AE #AEDEC7 #C7AEDE

tetradic

#DEC7AE #AEDEAF #AEC5DE #DEAEDD

square

#DEC7AE #AEDEAF #AEC5DE #DEAEDD

split-complementary

#DEC7AE #AEDDDE #AFAEDE

monochromatic

#BB8B57 #CCA983 #DEC7AE #F0E5D9 #F6F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DEC7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC7AE

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC7AE	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.043 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8c6',
    500: '#dec7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec7ae;
$custom-light: #e8d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84237,
    "c": 0.04262,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC7AE

secondary

#7A97B6

accent

#70B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC7AE

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

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