#DE985C#DE985C

#DE985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE985C
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 20.13, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 46.38, 64.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0564 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.114 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2869, 38.7623, 15.3252)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE985C #5CA2DE

analogous

#DE5C61 #DE985C #DED95C

triadic

#DE985C #5CDE98 #985CDE

tetradic

#DE985C #61DE5C #5CA2DE #D95CDE

square

#DE985C #61DE5C #5CA2DE #D95CDE

split-complementary

#DE985C #5CDED9 #5C61DE

monochromatic

#9F5B20 #D2782B #DE985C #E8B88F #F3D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DE985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DE985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE985C

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE985C	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb68b',
    500: '#de985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de985c;
$custom-light: #ecb68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE985C

secondary

#B3CDE3

accent

#7ACE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE985C

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

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