#DE9856#DE9856

#DE9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9856
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 19.69, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 48.90, 66.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0543 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.118 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0349, 38.6615, 13.9982)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9856 #569CDE

analogous

#DE5658 #DE9856 #DEDC56

triadic

#DE9856 #56DE98 #9856DE

tetradic

#DE9856 #58DE56 #569CDE #DC56DE

square

#DE9856 #58DE56 #569CDE #DC56DE

split-complementary

#DE9856 #56DEDC #5658DE

monochromatic

#9B5B1E #CE7928 #DE9856 #E8B789 #F2D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#DE9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9856

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9856	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb687',
    500: '#de9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9856;
$custom-light: #ecb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.118,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9856

secondary

#AEC9E2

accent

#75CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9856

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

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