#DEC8B2#DEC8B2

#DEC8B2 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.039 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC8B2
RGB	rgb(222, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(30, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(30, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 19.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, 4.23, 13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 14.45, 72.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% 0.015 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.039 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.8143, 60.0540, 50.6042)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC8B2 #B2C8DE

analogous

#DEB2B2 #DEC8B2 #DEDEB2

triadic

#DEC8B2 #B2DEC8 #C8B2DE

tetradic

#DEC8B2 #B2DEB2 #B2C8DE #DEB2DE

square

#DEC8B2 #B2DEB2 #B2C8DE #DEB2DE

split-complementary

#DEC8B2 #B2DEDE #B2B2DE

monochromatic

#B98B5C #CCA987 #DEC8B2 #F0E7DD #F6F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DEC8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#DEC8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC8B2

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC8B2	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C9B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.039 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8c9',
    500: '#dec8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec8b2;
$custom-light: #e8d8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84531,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC8B2

secondary

#7E9AB6

accent

#73B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC8B2

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

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