#DE997B#DE997B

#DE997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.093 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE997B
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(18, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 44.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 22.35, 26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 34.42, 49.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0667 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.093 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0927, 39.7454, 24.0317)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE997B #7BC0DE

analogous

#DE7B8E #DE997B #DECB7B

triadic

#DE997B #7BDE99 #997BDE

tetradic

#DE997B #8EDE7B #7BC0DE #CB7BDE

square

#DE997B #8EDE7B #7BC0DE #CB7BDE

split-complementary

#DE997B #7BDECB #7B8EDE

monochromatic

#B2552D #D2734A #DE997B #EABFAC #F6E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DE997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE997B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE997B	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.093 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb7a1',
    500: '#de997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de997b;
$custom-light: #ebb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74362,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE997B

secondary

#CBE0EA

accent

#94C81E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110F

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE997B

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

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