#DEA255#DEA255

#DEA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA255
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 14.26, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 50.10, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.038 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.118 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6869, 42.0295, 14.3515)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA255 #5591DE

analogous

#DE5E55 #DEA255 #D5DE55

triadic

#DEA255 #55DEA2 #A255DE

tetradic

#DEA255 #55DE5E #5591DE #DE55D5

square

#DEA255 #55DE5E #5591DE #DE55D5

split-complementary

#DEA255 #55D5DE #5E55DE

monochromatic

#9B641E #CE8528 #DEA255 #E8BE88 #F2DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DEA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#DEA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA255

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA255	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd87',
    500: '#dea255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea255;
$custom-light: #ecbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.723,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA255

secondary

#ADC4E2

accent

#67CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA255

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

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