#DE9E59#DE9E59

#DE9E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E59
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 16.68, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 47.97, 69.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0458 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.115 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1569, 40.7080, 14.9810)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E59 #5999DE

analogous

#DE5B59 #DE9E59 #DBDE59

triadic

#DE9E59 #59DE9E #9E59DE

tetradic

#DE9E59 #59DE5B #5999DE #DE59DB

square

#DE9E59 #59DE5B #5999DE #DE59DB

split-complementary

#DE9E59 #59DBDE #5B59DE

monochromatic

#9D611F #D08029 #DE9E59 #E8BC8C #F2DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#DE9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E59

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E59	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba8a',
    500: '#de9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e59;
$custom-light: #ecba8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.128,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74729,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E59

secondary

#B0C8E2

accent

#6FCF17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E59

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

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