#DEC59B#DEC59B

#DEC59B is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.062 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC59B
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 155)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(38, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, 2.61, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 24.47, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% 0.0103 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.062 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0076, 57.8305, 39.2161)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC59B #9BB4DE

analogous

#DEA49B #DEC59B #D6DE9B

triadic

#DEC59B #9BDEC5 #C59BDE

tetradic

#DEC59B #9BDEA4 #9BB4DE #DE9BD6

square

#DEC59B #9BDEA4 #9BB4DE #DE9BD6

split-complementary

#DEC59B #9BD6DE #A49BDE

monochromatic

#BF903F #CFAA6D #DEC59B #EDE0C9 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC59B

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC59B	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.062 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b8',
    500: '#dec59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec59b;
$custom-light: #e9d6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83417,
    "c": 0.06239,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC59B

secondary

#6785B6

accent

#60BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC59B

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

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