#DEC79C#DEC79C

#DEC79C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.062 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC79C
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(39, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, 1.70, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 24.58, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% 0.0076 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.062 83)
XYZ	xyz(56.5491, 58.7785, 39.8126)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC79C #9CB3DE

analogous

#DEA69C #DEC79C #D4DE9C

triadic

#DEC79C #9CDEC7 #C79CDE

tetradic

#DEC79C #9CDEA6 #9CB3DE #DE9CD4

square

#DEC79C #9CDEA6 #9CB3DE #DE9CD4

split-complementary

#DEC79C #9CD4DE #A69CDE

monochromatic

#BF9340 #CFAD6E #DEC79C #EDE1CA #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DEC79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC79C

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC79C	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.062 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7b9',
    500: '#dec79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec79c;
$custom-light: #e9d7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83836,
    "c": 0.06247,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.58777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC79C

secondary

#6883B6

accent

#5CBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC79C

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

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