#DECC9E#DECC9E

#DECC9E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.064 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECC9E
RGB	rgb(222, 204, 158)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(43, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -0.65, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 25.26, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% 0.0009 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.064 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8892, 61.1855, 41.1017)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECC9E #9EB0DE

analogous

#DEAC9E #DECC9E #D0DE9E

triadic

#DECC9E #9EDECC #CC9EDE

tetradic

#DECC9E #9EDEAC #9EB0DE #DE9ED0

square

#DECC9E #9EDEAC #9EB0DE #DE9ED0

split-complementary

#DECC9E #9ED0DE #AC9EDE

monochromatic

#BF9C43 #CEB470 #DECC9E #EEE4CC #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DECC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#DECC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECC9E

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECC9E	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)

#D7CA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 204, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.064 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dbbb',
    500: '#decc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decc9e;
$custom-light: #e9dbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84879,
    "c": 0.06381,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECC9E

secondary

#6A7FB6

accent

#52BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECC9E

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

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