#DE997E#DE997E

#DE997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.092 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE997E
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 22.66, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 33.46, 47.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0679 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.092 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2834, 39.8217, 25.0359)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE997E #7EC3DE

analogous

#DE7E93 #DE997E #DEC97E

triadic

#DE997E #7EDE99 #997EDE

tetradic

#DE997E #93DE7E #7EC3DE #C97EDE

square

#DE997E #93DE7E #7EC3DE #C97EDE

split-complementary

#DE997E #7EDEC9 #7E93DE

monochromatic

#B4542E #D2724D #DE997E #EAC0AF #F7E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DE997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DE997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE997E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE997E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.092 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb7a3',
    500: '#de997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de997e;
$custom-light: #ebb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE997E

secondary

#CDE2EA

accent

#98C71F

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE997E

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

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