#DE985E#DE985E

#DE985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE985E
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 20.28, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 45.55, 63.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0572 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.112 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3755, 38.7978, 15.7917)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE985E #5EA4DE

analogous

#DE5E64 #DE985E #DED85E

triadic

#DE985E #5EDE98 #985EDE

tetradic

#DE985E #64DE5E #5EA4DE #D85EDE

square

#DE985E #64DE5E #5EA4DE #D85EDE

split-complementary

#DE985E #5EDED8 #5E64DE

monochromatic

#A15B21 #D3782B #DE985E #E8B891 #F3D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DE985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#DE985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE985E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE985E	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb68d',
    500: '#de985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de985e;
$custom-light: #ecb68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.187,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE985E

secondary

#B4CEE4

accent

#7BCE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE985E

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

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