#DE956E#DE956E

#DE956E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE956E
RGB	rgb(222, 149, 110)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 23.23, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 39.32, 53.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0681 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.103 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6885, 38.1538, 19.8123)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE956E #6EB7DE

analogous

#DE6E7F #DE956E #DECD6E

triadic

#DE956E #6EDE95 #956EDE

tetradic

#DE956E #7FDE6E #6EB7DE #CD6EDE

square

#DE956E #7FDE6E #6EB7DE #CD6EDE

split-complementary

#DE956E #6EDECD #6E7FDE

monochromatic

#AB5527 #D3713C #DE956E #E9B9A0 #F5DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DE956E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#DE956E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE956E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE956E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE956E	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de956e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 149, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb498',
    500: '#de956e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de956e;
$custom-light: #ebb498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de956e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.893,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73397,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE956E

secondary

#C1DAE7

accent

#8DCB1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE956E

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

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