#DE9859#DE9859

#DE9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9859
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 19.91, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 47.64, 65.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0554 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.116 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1584, 38.7109, 14.6482)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9859 #599FDE

analogous

#DE595C #DE9859 #DEDA59

triadic

#DE9859 #59DE98 #9859DE

tetradic

#DE9859 #5CDE59 #599FDE #DA59DE

square

#DE9859 #5CDE59 #599FDE #DA59DE

split-complementary

#DE9859 #59DEDA #595CDE

monochromatic

#9D5B1F #D07929 #DE9859 #E8B88C #F2D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DE9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#DE9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9859

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9859	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb689',
    500: '#de9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9859;
$custom-light: #ecb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9859

secondary

#B0CBE2

accent

#78CF17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9859

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

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