#DEC994#DEC994

#DEC994 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.073 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC994
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 148)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 33.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -0.35, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 29.21, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% 0.0014 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.073 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3570, 59.4428, 36.5162)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC994 #94A9DE

analogous

#DEA494 #DEC994 #CEDE94

triadic

#DEC994 #94DEC9 #C994DE

tetradic

#DEC994 #94DEA4 #94A9DE #DE94CE

square

#DEC994 #94DEA4 #94A9DE #DE94CE

split-complementary

#DEC994 #94CEDE #A494DE

monochromatic

#BD983A #D0B165 #DEC994 #ECE1C3 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DEC994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DEC994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC994

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC994	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.073 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d9b4',
    500: '#dec994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec994;
$custom-light: #e9d9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84076,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC994

secondary

#6079B6

accent

#51C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC994

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

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