#DE9957#DE9957

#DE9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9957
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 19.23, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 48.52, 66.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0531 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.117 63)
XYZ	xyz(43.2385, 39.0037, 14.2662)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9957 #579CDE

analogous

#DE5758 #DE9957 #DEDC57

triadic

#DE9957 #57DE99 #9957DE

tetradic

#DE9957 #58DE57 #579CDE #DC57DE

square

#DE9957 #58DE57 #579CDE #DC57DE

split-complementary

#DE9957 #57DEDC #5758DE

monochromatic

#9C5C1F #CF7A29 #DE9957 #E8B88A #F2D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DE9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#DE9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9957

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9957	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb788',
    500: '#de9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9957;
$custom-light: #ecb788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73775,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.39
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9957

secondary

#AFC9E2

accent

#75CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9957

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

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