#D9855E#D9855E

#D9855E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9855E
RGB	rgb(217, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(19, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(19, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 28.43, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 44.71, 50.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0821 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.117 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0258, 32.3386, 14.7742)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9855E #5EB2D9

analogous

#D95E74 #D9855E #D9C25E

triadic

#D9855E #5ED985 #855ED9

tetradic

#D9855E #74D95E #5EB2D9 #C25ED9

square

#D9855E #74D95E #5EB2D9 #C25ED9

split-complementary

#D9855E #5ED9C2 #5E74D9

monochromatic

#994924 #CA6130 #D9855E #E5AB90 #F0D0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#D9855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#D9855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9855E

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9855E	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9a98c',
    500: '#d9855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9855e;
$custom-light: #e9a98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.024,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69703,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9855E

secondary

#B2D2E1

accent

#93CA1C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9855E

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

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