#DE9853#DE9853

#DE9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9853
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(30, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 19.49, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 50.16, 67.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0533 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.12 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9166, 38.6142, 13.3749)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9853 #5399DE

analogous

#DE5354 #DE9853 #DEDD53

triadic

#DE9853 #53DE98 #9853DE

tetradic

#DE9853 #54DE53 #5399DE #DD53DE

square

#DE9853 #54DE53 #5399DE #DD53DE

split-complementary

#DE9853 #53DEDD #5354DE

monochromatic

#995B1D #CD7927 #DE9853 #E8B786 #F2D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DE9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9853

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9853	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb685',
    500: '#de9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9853;
$custom-light: #ecb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.784,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7354,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9853

secondary

#ACC7E1

accent

#95EB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9853

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

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