#DE9B59#DE9B59

#DE9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9B59
RGB	rgb(222, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 18.29, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 47.77, 67.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0506 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.115 64)
XYZ	xyz(43.6514, 39.6971, 14.8125)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9B59 #599CDE

analogous

#DE5959 #DE9B59 #DEDD59

triadic

#DE9B59 #59DE9B #9B59DE

tetradic

#DE9B59 #59DE59 #599CDE #DD59DE

square

#DE9B59 #59DE59 #599CDE #DD59DE

split-complementary

#DE9B59 #59DEDD #5959DE

monochromatic

#9D5E1F #D07C29 #DE9B59 #E8BA8C #F2D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DE9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9B59

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9B59	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb889',
    500: '#de9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9b59;
$custom-light: #ecb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.774,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74171,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.39694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9B59

secondary

#B0CAE2

accent

#73CF17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9B59

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

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