#DE9656#DE9656

#DE9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9656
RGB	rgb(222, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 20.77, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 48.84, 64.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0575 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.118 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7131, 38.0178, 13.8909)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9656 #569EDE

analogous

#DE565A #DE9656 #DEDA56

triadic

#DE9656 #56DE96 #9656DE

tetradic

#DE9656 #5ADE56 #569EDE #DA56DE

square

#DE9656 #5ADE56 #569EDE #DA56DE

split-complementary

#DE9656 #56DEDA #565ADE

monochromatic

#9B591E #CE7728 #DE9656 #E8B689 #F2D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DE9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#DE9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9656

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9656	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb587',
    500: '#de9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9656;
$custom-light: #ecb587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9656

secondary

#AEC9E2

accent

#78CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9656

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

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