#DE9A61#DE9A61

#DE9A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.110 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9A61
RGB	rgb(222, 154, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 19.44, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 44.35, 64.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0551 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.11 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8401, 39.5073, 16.6237)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9A61 #61A5DE

analogous

#DE6166 #DE9A61 #DED861

triadic

#DE9A61 #61DE9A #9A61DE

tetradic

#DE9A61 #66DE61 #61A5DE #D861DE

square

#DE9A61 #66DE61 #61A5DE #D861DE

split-complementary

#DE9A61 #61DED8 #6166DE

monochromatic

#A35D22 #D37A2E #DE9A61 #E9BA94 #F3DBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE9A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DE9A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9A61

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9A61	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)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 154, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.110 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb88f',
    500: '#de9a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9a61;
$custom-light: #ecb88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.36,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9A61

secondary

#B7CFE4

accent

#7BCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9A61

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

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