#DE995F#DE995F

#DE995F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE995F
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 19.82, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 45.16, 63.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0559 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.111 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5836, 39.1418, 16.0839)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE995F #5FA4DE

analogous

#DE5F64 #DE995F #DED95F

triadic

#DE995F #5FDE99 #995FDE

tetradic

#DE995F #64DE5F #5FA4DE #D95FDE

square

#DE995F #64DE5F #5FA4DE #D95FDE

split-complementary

#DE995F #5FDED9 #5F64DE

monochromatic

#A15C21 #D4792C #DE995F #E8B992 #F3DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DE995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DE995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE995F

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE995F	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb78d',
    500: '#de995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de995f;
$custom-light: #ecb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.402,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE995F

secondary

#B5CEE4

accent

#7BCE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE995F

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

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