#DEC8A9#DEC8A9

#DEC8A9 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.048 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8A9
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(35, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, 2.93, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 18.57, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% 0.0114 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.048 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9402, 59.7043, 46.0004)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8A9 #A9BFDE

analogous

#DEAEA9 #DEC8A9 #DADEA9

triadic

#DEC8A9 #A9DEC8 #C8A9DE

tetradic

#DEC8A9 #A9DEAE #A9BFDE #DEA9DA

square

#DEC8A9 #A9DEAE #A9BFDE #DEA9DA

split-complementary

#DEC8A9 #A9DADE #AEA9DE

monochromatic

#BC8F51 #CDAC7D #DEC8A9 #EFE4D5 #F7F1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DEC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8A9

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8A9	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.048 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8c2',
    500: '#dec8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8a9;
$custom-light: #e8d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.094,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84319,
    "c": 0.04839,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8A9

secondary

#7590B6

accent

#67B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8A9

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

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