#DEC79F#DEC79F

#DEC79F is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.059 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC79F
RGB	rgb(222, 199, 159)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(38, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 28.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 2.09, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 23.11, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0089 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.059 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8062, 58.8814, 41.1670)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC79F #9FB6DE

analogous

#DEA89F #DEC79F #D6DE9F

triadic

#DEC79F #9FDEC7 #C79FDE

tetradic

#DEC79F #9FDEA8 #9FB6DE #DE9FD6

square

#DEC79F #9FDEA8 #9FB6DE #DE9FD6

split-complementary

#DEC79F #9FD6DE #A89FDE

monochromatic

#BF9244 #CEAC71 #DEC79F #EEE2CD #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DEC79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DEC79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC79F

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC79F	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 199, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.059 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7bb',
    500: '#dec79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec79f;
$custom-light: #e9d7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.839,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC79F

secondary

#6B86B6

accent

#5FBC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC79F

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

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