#DE9873#DE9873

#DE9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9873
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 22.09, 30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 37.28, 53.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0652 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.099 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4492, 39.2273, 21.4469)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9873 #73B9DE

analogous

#DE7383 #DE9873 #DECE73

triadic

#DE9873 #73DE98 #9873DE

tetradic

#DE9873 #83DE73 #73B9DE #CE73DE

square

#DE9873 #83DE73 #73B9DE #CE73DE

split-complementary

#DE9873 #73DECE #7383DE

monochromatic

#AE5729 #D27441 #DE9873 #EABCA5 #F5E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DE9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DE9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9873

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9873	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb69b',
    500: '#de9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9873;
$custom-light: #ebb69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.748,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9873

secondary

#C5DCE8

accent

#8ECA1C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9873

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

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