#DEC8A8#DEC8A8

#DEC8A8 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.050 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8A8
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(36, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 24.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 2.79, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 19.05, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% 0.011 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.05 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8467, 59.6669, 45.5079)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8A8 #A8BEDE

analogous

#DEADA8 #DEC8A8 #D9DEA8

triadic

#DEC8A8 #A8DEC8 #C8A8DE

tetradic

#DEC8A8 #A8DEAD #A8BEDE #DEA8D9

square

#DEC8A8 #A8DEAD #A8BEDE #DEA8D9

split-complementary

#DEC8A8 #A8D9DE #ADA8DE

monochromatic

#BC904F #CDAC7C #DEC8A8 #EFE4D4 #F7F1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DEC8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8A8

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8A8	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.050 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8c2',
    500: '#dec8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8a8;
$custom-light: #e8d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84296,
    "c": 0.0495,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8A8

secondary

#748FB6

accent

#66B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8A8

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

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