#DEC79B#DEC79B

#DEC79B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.064 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC79B
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(39, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 1.57, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 25.07, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% 0.0072 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.064 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4647, 58.7448, 39.3685)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC79B #9BB2DE

analogous

#DEA69B #DEC79B #D4DE9B

triadic

#DEC79B #9BDEC7 #C79BDE

tetradic

#DEC79B #9BDEA6 #9BB2DE #DE9BD4

square

#DEC79B #9BDEA6 #9BB2DE #DE9BD4

split-complementary

#DEC79B #9BD4DE #A69BDE

monochromatic

#BF933F #CFAD6D #DEC79B #EDE1C9 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DEC79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC79B

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC79B	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.064 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b8',
    500: '#dec79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec79b;
$custom-light: #e9d7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83816,
    "c": 0.06361,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC79B

secondary

#6782B6

accent

#5BBE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC79B

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

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