#DEC079#DEC079

#DEC079 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.096 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC079
RGB	rgb(222, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, 1.36, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 39.64, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% 0.0044 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.096 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4267, 54.6117, 25.8650)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC079 #7997DE

analogous

#DE8D79 #DEC079 #CADE79

triadic

#DEC079 #79DEC0 #C079DE

tetradic

#DEC079 #79DE8D #7997DE #DE79CA

square

#DEC079 #79DE8D #7997DE #DE79CA

split-complementary

#DEC079 #79CADE #8D79DE

monochromatic

#B1892C #D2A948 #DEC079 #EAD7AA #F6EEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DEC079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#DEC079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC079

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC079	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.096 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead2a1',
    500: '#dec079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec079;
$custom-light: #ead2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.178,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81796,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC079

secondary

#4868B3

accent

#50C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC079

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

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