#DE9257#DE9257

#DE9257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9257
RGB	rgb(222, 146, 87)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 22.98, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 48.41, 61.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0643 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.119 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1262, 36.7792, 13.8954)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9257 #57A3DE

analogous

#DE575F #DE9257 #DED557

triadic

#DE9257 #57DE92 #9257DE

tetradic

#DE9257 #5FDE57 #57A3DE #D557DE

square

#DE9257 #5FDE57 #57A3DE #D557DE

split-complementary

#DE9257 #57DED5 #575FDE

monochromatic

#9C551F #CF7129 #DE9257 #E8B38A #F2D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#DE9257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#DE9257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9257

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9257	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 146, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb288',
    500: '#de9257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9257;
$custom-light: #ecb288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.725,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9257

secondary

#AFCCE2

accent

#7ECF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5F0

border

#D6CFCB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9257

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

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