#DE9971#DE9971

#DE9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9971
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(22, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 49.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 21.36, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 37.96, 55.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0628 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.099 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4984, 39.5077, 20.9017)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9971 #71B6DE

analogous

#DE717F #DE9971 #DECF71

triadic

#DE9971 #71DE99 #9971DE

tetradic

#DE9971 #7FDE71 #71B6DE #CF71DE

square

#DE9971 #7FDE71 #71B6DE #CF71DE

split-complementary

#DE9971 #71DECF #717FDE

monochromatic

#AD5928 #D2753F #DE9971 #EABDA3 #F5E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DE9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9971

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9971	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb79a',
    500: '#de9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9971;
$custom-light: #ebb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.018,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9971

secondary

#C3DAE8

accent

#8ACA1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9971

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

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