#DEC79D#DEC79D

#DEC79D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.061 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC79D
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(39, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, 1.83, 24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 24.09, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% 0.008 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.061 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6341, 58.8125, 40.2604)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC79D #9DB4DE

analogous

#DEA79D #DEC79D #D5DE9D

triadic

#DEC79D #9DDEC7 #C79DDE

tetradic

#DEC79D #9DDEA7 #9DB4DE #DE9DD5

square

#DEC79D #9DDEA7 #9DB4DE #DE9DD5

split-complementary

#DEC79D #9DD5DE #A79DDE

monochromatic

#BF9341 #CFAD6F #DEC79D #EDE1CB #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DEC79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DEC79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC79D

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC79D	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)

#D2C69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.061 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7ba',
    500: '#dec79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec79d;
$custom-light: #e9d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83857,
    "c": 0.06134,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC79D

secondary

#6984B6

accent

#5DBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC79D

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

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