#DE9972#DE9972

#DE9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9972
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 21.45, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 37.59, 55.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0632 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.099 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5550, 39.5303, 21.1998)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9972 #72B7DE

analogous

#DE7281 #DE9972 #DECF72

triadic

#DE9972 #72DE99 #9972DE

tetradic

#DE9972 #81DE72 #72B7DE #CF72DE

square

#DE9972 #81DE72 #72B7DE #CF72DE

split-complementary

#DE9972 #72DECF #7281DE

monochromatic

#AD5829 #D27540 #DE9972 #EABDA4 #F5E1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DE9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9972

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9972	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb79b',
    500: '#de9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9972;
$custom-light: #ebb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9972

secondary

#C4DBE8

accent

#8BCA1C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9972

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

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