#DEA259#DEA259

#DEA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA259
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 14.54, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 48.35, 72.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0394 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.115 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8503, 42.0949, 15.2122)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA259 #5995DE

analogous

#DE5F59 #DEA259 #D8DE59

triadic

#DEA259 #59DEA2 #A259DE

tetradic

#DEA259 #59DE5F #5995DE #DE59D8

square

#DEA259 #59DE5F #5995DE #DE59D8

split-complementary

#DEA259 #59D8DE #5F59DE

monochromatic

#9D641F #D08529 #DEA259 #E8BF8C #F2DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DEA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DEA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA259

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA259	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd8a',
    500: '#dea259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea259;
$custom-light: #ecbd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.932,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA259

secondary

#B0C7E2

accent

#6ACF17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA259

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →