#DEC9AE#DEC9AE

#DEC9AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.043 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9AE
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(34, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, 3.12, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 16.48, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% 0.0119 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.043 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6509, 60.3604, 48.5973)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9AE #AEC3DE

analogous

#DEB1AE #DEC9AE #DBDEAE

triadic

#DEC9AE #AEDEC9 #C9AEDE

tetradic

#DEC9AE #AEDEB1 #AEC3DE #DEAEDB

square

#DEC9AE #AEDEB1 #AEC3DE #DEAEDB

split-complementary

#DEC9AE #AEDBDE #B1AEDE

monochromatic

#BB8F57 #CCAC83 #DEC9AE #F0E6D9 #F6F1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DEC9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#DEC9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9AE

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9AE	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.043 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9c6',
    500: '#dec9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9ae;
$custom-light: #e8d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84633,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9AE

secondary

#7A94B6

accent

#6AB530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9AE

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

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