#DECD9C#DECD9C

#DECD9C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.067 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD9C
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 156)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -1.43, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 26.63, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0014 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.067 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9569, 61.5941, 40.2819)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD9C #9CADDE

analogous

#DEAC9C #DECD9C #CEDE9C

triadic

#DECD9C #9CDECD #CD9CDE

tetradic

#DECD9C #9CDEAC #9CADDE #DE9CCE

square

#DECD9C #9CDEAC #9CADDE #DE9CCE

split-complementary

#DECD9C #9CCEDE #AC9CDE

monochromatic

#BF9F40 #CFB66E #DECD9C #EDE4CA #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DECD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD9C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD9C	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.067 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcb9',
    500: '#decd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd9c;
$custom-light: #e9dcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85039,
    "c": 0.06701,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD9C

secondary

#687CB6

accent

#4FBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD9C

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

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