#DEA23B#DEA23B

#DEA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA23B
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 12.79, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 60.91, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0303 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.135 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8369, 41.6895, 9.8749)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA23B #3B77DE

analogous

#DE503B #DEA23B #C9DE3B

triadic

#DEA23B #3BDEA2 #A23BDE

tetradic

#DEA23B #3BDE50 #3B77DE #DE3BC9

square

#DEA23B #3BDE50 #3B77DE #DE3BC9

split-complementary

#DEA23B #3BC9DE #503BDE

monochromatic

#885E17 #BC8320 #DEA23B #E7BB6F #F0D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DEA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#DEA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA23B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA23B	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbd77',
    500: '#dea23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea23b;
$custom-light: #edbd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.914,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75174,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA23B

secondary

#98B1DD

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA23B

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

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