#DE995E#DE995E

#DE995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE995E
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 19.74, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 45.57, 64.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0556 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.112 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5385, 39.1237, 15.8461)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE995E #5EA3DE

analogous

#DE5E63 #DE995E #DED95E

triadic

#DE995E #5EDE99 #995EDE

tetradic

#DE995E #63DE5E #5EA3DE #D95EDE

square

#DE995E #63DE5E #5EA3DE #D95EDE

split-complementary

#DE995E #5EDED9 #5E63DE

monochromatic

#A15C21 #D3792B #DE995E #E8B991 #F3D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DE995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DE995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE995E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE995E	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)

#AE9F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb78d',
    500: '#de995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de995e;
$custom-light: #ecb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.656,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE995E

secondary

#B4CEE4

accent

#7ACE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE995E

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

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