#DEC9C2#DEC9C2

#DEC9C2 is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.026 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC9C2
RGB	rgb(222, 201, 194)
HSL	hsl(15, 30%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(15, 13%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 12.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, 6.19, 6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 8.73, 44.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% 0.0198 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.026 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.7478, 61.1991, 59.6410)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC9C2 #C2D7DE

analogous

#DEC2C9 #DEC9C2 #DED7C2

triadic

#DEC9C2 #C2DEC9 #C9C2DE

tetradic

#DEC9C2 #C9DEC2 #C2D7DE #D7C2DE

square

#DEC9C2 #C9DEC2 #C2D7DE #D7C2DE

split-complementary

#DEC9C2 #C2DED7 #C2C9DE

monochromatic

#B38373 #C9A69A #DEC9C2 #F3ECEA #F4EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DEC9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#DEC9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC9C2

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC9C2	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECBC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3CFC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 201, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.026 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d9d4',
    500: '#dec9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec9c2;
$custom-light: #e8d9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85136,
    "c": 0.02563,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC9C2

secondary

#8FACB5

accent

#8EA83D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC9C2

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

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