#DECD9D#DECD9D

#DECD9D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.066 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DECD9D
RGB	rgb(222, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(44, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -1.30, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 26.13, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.001 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.066 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0419, 61.6281, 40.7297)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DECD9D #9DAEDE

analogous

#DEAD9D #DECD9D #CFDE9D

triadic

#DECD9D #9DDECD #CD9DDE

tetradic

#DECD9D #9DDEAD #9DAEDE #DE9DCF

square

#DECD9D #9DDEAD #9DAEDE #DE9DCF

split-complementary

#DECD9D #9DCFDE #AD9DDE

monochromatic

#BF9E41 #CFB66F #DECD9D #EDE4CB #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DECD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DECD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DECD9D

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DECD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DECD9D	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #decd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.066 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcba',
    500: '#decd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #decd9d;
$custom-light: #e9dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#decd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85059,
    "c": 0.06583,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DECD9D

secondary

#697DB6

accent

#4FBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DECD9D

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

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