#DEA251#DEA251

#DEA251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA251
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 14.00, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 51.84, 74.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0367 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.121 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5325, 41.9677, 13.5381)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA251 #518DDE

analogous

#DE5C51 #DEA251 #D4DE51

triadic

#DEA251 #51DEA2 #A251DE

tetradic

#DEA251 #51DE5C #518DDE #DE51D4

square

#DEA251 #51DE5C #518DDE #DE51D4

split-complementary

#DEA251 #51D4DE #5C51DE

monochromatic

#98631D #CB8527 #DEA251 #E8BD84 #F2D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DEA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#DEA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA251

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA251	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd85',
    500: '#dea251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea251;
$custom-light: #ecbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75386,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA251

secondary

#AAC1E1

accent

#87EB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA251

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

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