#DE995C#DE995C

#DE995C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE995C
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 19.59, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 46.41, 65.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0548 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.113 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4499, 39.0883, 15.3795)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE995C #5CA1DE

analogous

#DE5C60 #DE995C #DEDA5C

triadic

#DE995C #5CDE99 #995CDE

tetradic

#DE995C #60DE5C #5CA1DE #DA5CDE

square

#DE995C #60DE5C #5CA1DE #DA5CDE

split-complementary

#DE995C #5CDEDA #5C60DE

monochromatic

#9F5C20 #D2792B #DE995C #E8B98F #F3D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DE995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DE995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE995C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE995C	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb78b',
    500: '#de995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de995c;
$custom-light: #ecb78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.154,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73842,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE995C

secondary

#B3CCE3

accent

#78CE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE995C

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

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