#DEA257#DEA257

#DEA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA257
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 14.40, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 49.23, 72.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0387 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.116 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7675, 42.0617, 14.7759)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA257 #5793DE

analogous

#DE5E57 #DEA257 #D7DE57

triadic

#DEA257 #57DEA2 #A257DE

tetradic

#DEA257 #57DE5E #5793DE #DE57D7

square

#DEA257 #57DE5E #5793DE #DE57D7

split-complementary

#DEA257 #57D7DE #5E57DE

monochromatic

#9C641F #CF8529 #DEA257 #E8BE8A #F2DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DEA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#DEA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA257

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA257	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)

#B7A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd88',
    500: '#dea257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea257;
$custom-light: #ecbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75457,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA257

secondary

#AFC6E2

accent

#68CF16

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA257

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

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