#DEC59C#DEC59C

#DEC59C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.061 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC59C
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 156)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, 2.74, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 23.99, 83.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% 0.0107 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.061 80)
XYZ	xyz(56.0919, 57.8642, 39.6602)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC59C #9CB5DE

analogous

#DEA49C #DEC59C #D6DE9C

triadic

#DEC59C #9CDEC5 #C59CDE

tetradic

#DEC59C #9CDEA4 #9CB5DE #DE9CD6

square

#DEC59C #9CDEA4 #9CB5DE #DE9CD6

split-complementary

#DEC59C #9CD6DE #A49CDE

monochromatic

#BF8F40 #CFAA6E #DEC59C #EDE0CA #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DEC59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC59C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC59C	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)

#D0C599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.061 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6b9',
    500: '#dec59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec59c;
$custom-light: #e9d6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83438,
    "c": 0.06127,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.57862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC59C

secondary

#6886B6

accent

#61BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC59C

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

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