#DEA261#DEA261

#DEA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA261
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 15.14, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 44.83, 70.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0423 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.109 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2047, 42.2366, 17.0785)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA261 #619DDE

analogous

#DE6361 #DEA261 #DBDE61

triadic

#DEA261 #61DEA2 #A261DE

tetradic

#DEA261 #61DE63 #619DDE #DE61DB

square

#DEA261 #61DE63 #619DDE #DE61DB

split-complementary

#DEA261 #61DBDE #6361DE

monochromatic

#A36522 #D3842E #DEA261 #E9C094 #F3DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DEA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#DEA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA261

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA261	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd8f',
    500: '#dea261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea261;
$custom-light: #ecbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA261

secondary

#B7CCE4

accent

#6FCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA261

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

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