#DEC59D#DEC59D

#DEC59D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.060 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC59D
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 157)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, 2.87, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 23.50, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% 0.0111 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.06 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1769, 57.8982, 40.1080)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC59D #9DB6DE

analogous

#DEA59D #DEC59D #D7DE9D

triadic

#DEC59D #9DDEC5 #C59DDE

tetradic

#DEC59D #9DDEA5 #9DB6DE #DE9DD7

square

#DEC59D #9DDEA5 #9DB6DE #DE9DD7

split-complementary

#DEC59D #9DD7DE #A59DDE

monochromatic

#BF8F41 #CFAA6F #DEC59D #EDE0CB #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#DEC59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC59D

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC59D	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.060 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6ba',
    500: '#dec59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec59d;
$custom-light: #e9d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83459,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC59D

secondary

#6987B6

accent

#62BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC59D

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

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