#DEC59E#DEC59E

#DEC59E is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.059 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC59E
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(37, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 3.01, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 23.02, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% 0.0115 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.059 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2627, 57.9325, 40.5595)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC59E #9EB7DE

analogous

#DEA59E #DEC59E #D7DE9E

triadic

#DEC59E #9EDEC5 #C59EDE

tetradic

#DEC59E #9EDEA5 #9EB7DE #DE9ED7

square

#DEC59E #9EDEA5 #9EB7DE #DE9ED7

split-complementary

#DEC59E #9ED7DE #A59EDE

monochromatic

#BF8E43 #CEAA70 #DEC59E #EEE0CC #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC59E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC59E	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.059 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6ba',
    500: '#dec59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec59e;
$custom-light: #e9d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.563,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83481,
    "c": 0.05905,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC59E

secondary

#6A88B6

accent

#63BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC59E

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

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