#DEAE59#DEAE59

#DEAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAE59
RGB	rgb(222, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 8.13, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 50.21, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.0206 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.117 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0659, 46.5260, 15.9507)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAE59 #5989DE

analogous

#DE6B59 #DEAE59 #CBDE59

triadic

#DEAE59 #59DEAE #AE59DE

tetradic

#DEAE59 #59DE6B #5989DE #DE59CB

square

#DEAE59 #59DE6B #5989DE #DE59CB

split-complementary

#DEAE59 #59CBDE #6B59DE

monochromatic

#9D701F #D09429 #DEAE59 #E8C78C #F2E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DEAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#DEAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAE59

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAE59	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc68a',
    500: '#deae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deae59;
$custom-light: #ecc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7779,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAE59

secondary

#B0C2E2

accent

#59CF17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAE59

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

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