#DEA256#DEA256

#DEA256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA256
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 14.33, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 49.66, 73.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0384 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.117 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7269, 42.0455, 14.5622)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA256 #5692DE

analogous

#DE5E56 #DEA256 #D6DE56

triadic

#DEA256 #56DEA2 #A256DE

tetradic

#DEA256 #56DE5E #5692DE #DE56D6

square

#DEA256 #56DE5E #5692DE #DE56D6

split-complementary

#DEA256 #56D6DE #5E56DE

monochromatic

#9B641E #CE8528 #DEA256 #E8BE89 #F2DABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DEA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#DEA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA256

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA256	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)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd88',
    500: '#dea256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea256;
$custom-light: #ecbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA256

secondary

#AEC5E2

accent

#68CF16

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA256

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

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