#DEC89C#DEC89C

#DEC89C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.063 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC89C
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 156)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 1.17, 24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 24.89, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% 0.0061 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.063 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7799, 59.2402, 39.8896)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC89C #9CB2DE

analogous

#DEA79C #DEC89C #D3DE9C

triadic

#DEC89C #9CDEC8 #C89CDE

tetradic

#DEC89C #9CDEA7 #9CB2DE #DE9CD3

square

#DEC89C #9CDEA7 #9CB2DE #DE9CD3

split-complementary

#DEC89C #9CD3DE #A79CDE

monochromatic

#BF9540 #CFAF6E #DEC89C #EDE2CA #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DEC89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC89C

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC89C	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.063 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d8b9',
    500: '#dec89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec89c;
$custom-light: #e9d8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84036,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC89C

secondary

#6882B6

accent

#5ABD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC89C

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

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