#DE9255#DE9255

#DE9255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9255
RGB	rgb(222, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 22.84, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 49.22, 62.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0636 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.12 58)
XYZ	xyz(42.0456, 36.7470, 13.4711)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9255 #55A1DE

analogous

#DE555D #DE9255 #DED655

triadic

#DE9255 #55DE92 #9255DE

tetradic

#DE9255 #5DDE55 #55A1DE #D655DE

square

#DE9255 #5DDE55 #55A1DE #D655DE

split-complementary

#DE9255 #55DED6 #555DDE

monochromatic

#9B551E #CE7228 #DE9255 #E8B388 #F2D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#DE9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#DE9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9255

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9255	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb286',
    500: '#de9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9255;
$custom-light: #edb286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.715,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.36743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9255

secondary

#ADCAE2

accent

#7DCF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5EF

border

#D6CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9255

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

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