#dec599

Color #dec599

A moderately saturated light orange.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 6.29 Nearest Tailwind class orange-200 #ffd6a7 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#dec599

RGB

rgb(222, 197, 153)

HSL

hsl(38.3, 51.1%, 73.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.3, 31.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 31.1%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(80.61, 2.36, 25.34)

LCH

lch(80.61, 25.45, 84.68)

OKLCH

oklch(83.4%, 0.0646, 81.54)

HWB

hwb(38.3, 60%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99b2de

Analogous

#dea299

#dec599

#d4de99

Triadic

#dec599

#99dec5

#c599de

Split-complementary

#dec599

#99d4de

#a299de

Tetradic

#dec599

#b2de99

#99b2de

#c599de

Square

#dec599

#99dea2

#99b2de

#de99d4

Shades

Color #dec599 mixed toward black.

#cfaa6a

#bd8f3d

#8e6b2e

#5e471f

#2f240f

Tints

Color #dec599 mixed toward white.

#e3cfaa

#e9d8bb

#eee2cc

#f4ecdd

#f9f5ee

Tones

Color #dec599 mixed toward gray.

#d8c39f

#d2c2a4

#cdc0aa

#c7bfb0

#c1bdb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d4d3a5 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#d5d7a8 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#ddaeb0 · ΔE 22.2

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 16.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dec599;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dec599]

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Wheat #f5deb3

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Floral White #fffaf0

Frequently asked questions

#dec599 (#dec599) is rgb(222, 197, 153) in RGB.

No, #dec599 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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