#DEC8AE#DEC8AE

#DEC8AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.043 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8AE
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(33, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(33, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 3.64, 15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 16.24, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% 0.0134 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.043 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4186, 59.8956, 48.5199)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8AE #AEC4DE

analogous

#DEB0AE #DEC8AE #DCDEAE

triadic

#DEC8AE #AEDEC8 #C8AEDE

tetradic

#DEC8AE #AEDEB0 #AEC4DE #DEAEDC

square

#DEC8AE #AEDEB0 #AEC4DE #DEAEDC

split-complementary

#DEC8AE #AEDCDE #B0AEDE

monochromatic

#BB8D57 #CCAA83 #DEC8AE #F0E6D9 #F6F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DEC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DEC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8AE

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8AE	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.043 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8c6',
    500: '#dec8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8ae;
$custom-light: #e8d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84435,
    "c": 0.04295,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8AE

secondary

#7A96B6

accent

#6DB530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8AE

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

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