#DEC479#DEC479

#DEC479 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.099 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC479
RGB	rgb(222, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -0.73, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 40.91, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0017 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.099 91)
XYZ	xyz(53.3169, 56.3921, 26.1618)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC479 #7993DE

analogous

#DE9179 #DEC479 #C6DE79

triadic

#DEC479 #79DEC4 #C479DE

tetradic

#DEC479 #79DE91 #7993DE #DE79C6

square

#DEC479 #79DE91 #7993DE #DE79C6

split-complementary

#DEC479 #79C6DE #9179DE

monochromatic

#B18F2C #D2AE48 #DEC479 #EADAAA #F6EFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DEC479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#DEC479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC479

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC479	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.099 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead5a1',
    500: '#dec479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec479;
$custom-light: #ead5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.826,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.5639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC479

secondary

#4864B3

accent

#49C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC479

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

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