#DE9559#DE9559

#DE9559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9559
RGB	rgb(222, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 21.52, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 47.58, 63.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0602 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.117 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6776, 37.7494, 14.4879)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9559 #59A2DE

analogous

#DE595F #DE9559 #DED859

triadic

#DE9559 #59DE95 #9559DE

tetradic

#DE9559 #5FDE59 #59A2DE #D859DE

square

#DE9559 #5FDE59 #59A2DE #D859DE

split-complementary

#DE9559 #59DED8 #595FDE

monochromatic

#9D581F #D07529 #DE9559 #E8B68C #F2D6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#DE9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#DE9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9559

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9559	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb489',
    500: '#de9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9559;
$custom-light: #ecb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.068,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9559

secondary

#B0CCE2

accent

#7CCF17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9559

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

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