#DEC59A#DEC59A

#DEC59A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.064 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC59A
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 154)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(38, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 2.49, 24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 24.96, 84.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% 0.0099 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.064 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9240, 57.7970, 38.7757)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC59A #9AB3DE

analogous

#DEA39A #DEC59A #D5DE9A

triadic

#DEC59A #9ADEC5 #C59ADE

tetradic

#DEC59A #9ADEA3 #9AB3DE #DE9AD5

square

#DEC59A #9ADEA3 #9AB3DE #DE9AD5

split-complementary

#DEC59A #9AD5DE #A39ADE

monochromatic

#BF903E #CFAB6C #DEC59A #EDDFC8 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DEC59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC59A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC59A	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.064 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b8',
    500: '#dec59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec59a;
$custom-light: #e9d6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83397,
    "c": 0.0635,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC59A

secondary

#6683B6

accent

#5FBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC59A

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

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