#DE9E53#DE9E53

#DE9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E53
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 16.27, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 50.56, 71.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0437 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.119 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9152, 40.6113, 13.7078)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E53 #5393DE

analogous

#DE5853 #DE9E53 #D9DE53

triadic

#DE9E53 #53DE9E #9E53DE

tetradic

#DE9E53 #53DE58 #5393DE #DE53D9

square

#DE9E53 #53DE58 #5393DE #DE53D9

split-complementary

#DE9E53 #53D9DE #5853DE

monochromatic

#99601D #CD8027 #DE9E53 #E8BB86 #F2D8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#DE9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E53

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E53	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba86',
    500: '#de9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e53;
$custom-light: #ecba86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.374,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74654,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E53

secondary

#ACC4E1

accent

#8DEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E53

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

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