#DE9557#DE9557

#DE9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.118 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9557
RGB	rgb(222, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 21.37, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 48.41, 63.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0595 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.118 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5948, 37.7163, 14.0516)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9557 #57A0DE

analogous

#DE575C #DE9557 #DED957

triadic

#DE9557 #57DE95 #9557DE

tetradic

#DE9557 #5CDE57 #57A0DE #D957DE

square

#DE9557 #5CDE57 #57A0DE #D957DE

split-complementary

#DE9557 #57DED9 #575CDE

monochromatic

#9C581F #CF7529 #DE9557 #E8B58A #F2D6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#DE9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#DE9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9557

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9557	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.118 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb488',
    500: '#de9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9557;
$custom-light: #ecb488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9557

secondary

#AFCAE2

accent

#7ACF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9557

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

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