Light muted orange
#DEC3BA
#DEC3BA is a light muted orange with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.3:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DEC3BA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DEC3BA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF4F1
- 100 FBE6DF
- 200 EAD4CC
- 300 DEC3BA
- 400 B69D94
- 500 9A8179
- 600 7F675F
- 700 655048
- 800 4E3B34
- 900 372722
- 950 211511
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff4f1; --color-orange-100: #fbe6df; --color-orange-200: #ead4cc; --color-orange-300: #dec3ba; --color-orange-400: #b69d94; --color-orange-500: #9a8179; --color-orange-600: #7f675f; --color-orange-700: #655048; --color-orange-800: #4e3b34; --color-orange-900: #372722; --color-orange-950: #211511;}Is #DEC3BA readable?
Contrast for text on #DEC3BA and for #DEC3BA used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.3APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8A7169 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 29 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.3APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DEC3BA
Six palettes built around #DEC3BA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DEC3BA · #DAA660 · #FF90AF · #EFDD9B · #28201E
- Complementary#DEC3BA · #1F9BBD · #00B3CE · #FFE1D6 · #382E2B
- Split complementary#DEC3BA · #009D8E · #73AFFF · #FFD2C8 · #34241D
- Triadic#DEC3BA · #60A279 · #9D9CFF · #FFE2DC · #2D201B
- Tetradic#DEC3BA · #699551 · #00BFF4 · #F3D4FF · #302724
- Monochromatic#DEC3BA · #D77150 · #FF793F · #FFCDB8 · #271E1C
#DEC3BA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DEC3BA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF4F1
- Brand 100, #FBE6DF
- Brand 200, #EAD4CC
- Brand 300, #DEC3BA
- Brand 400, #B69D94
- Brand 500, #9A8179
- Brand 600, #7F675F
- Brand 700, #655048
- Brand 800, #4E3B34
- Brand 900, #372722
- Brand 950, #211511
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F6F3F3
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E3
- Neutral 300, #D9D3D1
- Neutral 400, #A89F9C
- Neutral 500, #7B716D
- Neutral 600, #5B524F
- Neutral 700, #473E3B
- Neutral 800, #2D2623
- Neutral 900, #1D1614
- Neutral 950, #0F0807
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EEA857
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.9:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #DEC3BA
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.