#DEA159#DEA159

#DEA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.115 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA159
RGB	rgb(222, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 15.08, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 48.24, 71.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.041 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.115 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6749, 41.7440, 15.1537)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA159 #5996DE

analogous

#DE5E59 #DEA159 #D8DE59

triadic

#DEA159 #59DEA1 #A159DE

tetradic

#DEA159 #59DE5E #5996DE #DE59D8

square

#DEA159 #59DE5E #5996DE #DE59D8

split-complementary

#DEA159 #59D8DE #5E59DE

monochromatic

#9D641F #D08429 #DEA159 #E8BE8C #F2DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DEA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#DEA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA159

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA159	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.115 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc8a',
    500: '#dea159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea159;
$custom-light: #ecbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.481,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75293,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA159

secondary

#B0C7E2

accent

#6BCF17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA159

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

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