#dec9a6

Color #dec9a6

A moderately saturated light orange.

Closest named color Wheat #f5deb3 · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class orange-200 #ffd6a7 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#dec9a6

RGB

rgb(222, 201, 166)

HSL

hsl(37.5, 45.9%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.5, 25.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 25.2%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(81.87, 1.99, 20.2)

LCH

lch(81.87, 20.3, 84.37)

OKLCH

oklch(84.5%, 0.0523, 80.43)

HWB

hwb(37.5, 65.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6bbde

Analogous

#deada6

#dec9a6

#d7dea6

Triadic

#dec9a6

#a6dec9

#c9a6de

Split-complementary

#dec9a6

#a6d7de

#ada6de

Tetradic

#dec9a6

#bbdea6

#a6bbde

#c9a6de

Square

#dec9a6

#a6dead

#a6bbde

#dea6d7

Shades

Color #dec9a6 mixed toward black.

#cdac77

#bb9048

#8e6c34

#5e4823

#2f2411

Tints

Color #dec9a6 mixed toward white.

#e4d2b5

#e9dbc4

#efe4d3

#f4ede1

#faf6f0

Tones

Color #dec9a6 mixed toward gray.

#d9c8ab

#d5c7af

#d0c6b4

#cbc4b9

#c7c3bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d5af · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#d6d8b1 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#ddb6b8 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dec9a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dec9a6]

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Navajo White #ffdead

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#dec9a6 (#dec9a6) is rgb(222, 201, 166) in RGB.

No, #dec9a6 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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