#DEC9BD#DEC9BD

#DEC9BD is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.029 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9BD
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(22, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(22, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 14.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, 5.39, 8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 10.20, 58.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85% 0.0179 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.029 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1957, 60.9783, 56.7332)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9BD #BDD2DE

analogous

#DEBDC1 #DEC9BD #DED9BD

triadic

#DEC9BD #BDDEC9 #C9BDDE

tetradic

#DEC9BD #C1DEBD #BDD2DE #D9BDDE

square

#DEC9BD #C1DEBD #BDD2DE #D9BDDE

split-complementary

#DEC9BD #BDDED9 #BDC1DE

monochromatic

#B5866B #CAA894 #DEC9BD #F2EAE6 #F5EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#DEC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9BD

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9BD	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.029 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9d0',
    500: '#dec9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9bd;
$custom-light: #e8d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85004,
    "c": 0.02888,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9BD

secondary

#89A6B6

accent

#82AC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9BD

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

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