#DEC59F#DEC59F

#DEC59F is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.058 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC59F
RGB	rgb(222, 197, 159)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(36, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 28.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, 3.14, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 22.54, 82.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% 0.0119 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.058 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3491, 57.9671, 41.0147)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC59F #9FB8DE

analogous

#DEA69F #DEC59F #D8DE9F

triadic

#DEC59F #9FDEC5 #C59FDE

tetradic

#DEC59F #9FDEA6 #9FB8DE #DE9FD8

square

#DEC59F #9FDEA6 #9FB8DE #DE9FD8

split-complementary

#DEC59F #9FD8DE #A69FDE

monochromatic

#BF8E44 #CEA971 #DEC59F #EEE1CD #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DEC59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#DEC59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC59F

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC59F	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)

#D0C59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 197, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.058 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6bb',
    500: '#dec59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec59f;
$custom-light: #e9d6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.19,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83502,
    "c": 0.05794,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC59F

secondary

#6B89B6

accent

#64BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC59F

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

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