#DEC799#DEC799

#DEC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.066 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC799
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, 1.31, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 26.06, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0064 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.066 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2982, 58.6781, 38.4912)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC799 #99B0DE

analogous

#DEA499 #DEC799 #D2DE99

triadic

#DEC799 #99DEC7 #C799DE

tetradic

#DEC799 #99DEA4 #99B0DE #DE99D2

square

#DEC799 #99DEA4 #99B0DE #DE99D2

split-complementary

#DEC799 #99D2DE #A499DE

monochromatic

#BF943E #CFAE6B #DEC799 #EDE0C7 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DEC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC799

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC799	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.066 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b7',
    500: '#dec799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec799;
$custom-light: #e9d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83775,
    "c": 0.06589,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC799

secondary

#6580B6

accent

#5ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC799

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

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