#DEC79E#DEC79E

#DEC79E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.060 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC79E
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(38, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, 1.96, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 23.60, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% 0.0084 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.06 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7198, 58.8468, 40.7119)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC79E #9EB5DE

analogous

#DEA79E #DEC79E #D5DE9E

triadic

#DEC79E #9EDEC7 #C79EDE

tetradic

#DEC79E #9EDEA7 #9EB5DE #DE9ED5

square

#DEC79E #9EDEA7 #9EB5DE #DE9ED5

split-complementary

#DEC79E #9ED5DE #A79EDE

monochromatic

#BF9243 #CEAD70 #DEC79E #EEE1CC #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#DEC79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC79E

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC79E	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.060 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7ba',
    500: '#dec79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec79e;
$custom-light: #e9d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.438,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83878,
    "c": 0.0602,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC79E

secondary

#6A85B6

accent

#5EBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC79E

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

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