#DEC79A#DEC79A

#DEC79A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.065 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC79A
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 154)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(40, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, 1.44, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 25.56, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% 0.0068 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.065 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3811, 58.7113, 38.9280)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC79A #9AB1DE

analogous

#DEA59A #DEC79A #D3DE9A

triadic

#DEC79A #9ADEC7 #C79ADE

tetradic

#DEC79A #9ADEA5 #9AB1DE #DE9AD3

square

#DEC79A #9ADEA5 #9AB1DE #DE9AD3

split-complementary

#DEC79A #9AD3DE #A59ADE

monochromatic

#BF943E #CFAD6C #DEC79A #EDE1C8 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DEC79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC79A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC79A	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)

#D2C697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.065 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b8',
    500: '#dec79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec79a;
$custom-light: #e9d7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83795,
    "c": 0.06475,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC79A

secondary

#6681B6

accent

#5ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC79A

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

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