#DE9456#DE9456

#DE9456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9456
RGB	rgb(222, 148, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 21.84, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 48.81, 63.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0607 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.119 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3967, 37.3850, 13.7854)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9456 #56A0DE

analogous

#DE565C #DE9456 #DED856

triadic

#DE9456 #56DE94 #9456DE

tetradic

#DE9456 #5CDE56 #56A0DE #D856DE

square

#DE9456 #5CDE56 #56A0DE #D856DE

split-complementary

#DE9456 #56DED8 #565CDE

monochromatic

#9B571E #CE7428 #DE9456 #E8B489 #F2D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DE9456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#DE9456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9456

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9456	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 148, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb387',
    500: '#de9456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9456;
$custom-light: #ecb387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.353,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9456

secondary

#AECAE2

accent

#7BCF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9456

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

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