#DE9D62#DE9D62

#DE9D62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9D62
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 17.90, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 44.04, 66.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0506 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.108 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3883, 40.5288, 17.0379)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9D62 #62A3DE

analogous

#DE6265 #DE9D62 #DEDB62

triadic

#DE9D62 #62DE9D #9D62DE

tetradic

#DE9D62 #65DE62 #62A3DE #DB62DE

square

#DE9D62 #65DE62 #62A3DE #DB62DE

split-complementary

#DE9D62 #62DEDB #6265DE

monochromatic

#A36022 #D37D2F #DE9D62 #E9BD95 #F3DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#DE9D62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9D62

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9D62	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba90',
    500: '#de9d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9d62;
$custom-light: #ecba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.548,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74668,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9D62

secondary

#B7CFE4

accent

#77CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9D62

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

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