#DE995B#DE995B

#DE995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE995B
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 19.51, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 46.83, 65.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0545 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.114 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4065, 39.0709, 15.1508)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE995B #5BA0DE

analogous

#DE5B5F #DE995B #DEDB5B

triadic

#DE995B #5BDE99 #995BDE

tetradic

#DE995B #5FDE5B #5BA0DE #DB5BDE

square

#DE995B #5FDE5B #5BA0DE #DB5BDE

split-complementary

#DE995B #5BDEDB #5B5FDE

monochromatic

#9F5C20 #D2792A #DE995B #E8B98E #F3D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DE995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DE995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE995B

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE995B	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb78b',
    500: '#de995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de995b;
$custom-light: #ecb78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.397,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE995B

secondary

#B2CCE3

accent

#78CE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE995B

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

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