#DEA53B#DEA53B

#DEA53B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA53B
RGB	rgb(222, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 11.19, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 61.31, 79.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0256 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.136 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3717, 42.7590, 10.0532)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA53B #3B74DE

analogous

#DE533B #DEA53B #C6DE3B

triadic

#DEA53B #3BDEA5 #A53BDE

tetradic

#DEA53B #3BDE53 #3B74DE #DE3BC6

square

#DEA53B #3BDE53 #3B74DE #DE3BC6

split-complementary

#DEA53B #3BC6DE #533BDE

monochromatic

#886017 #BC8520 #DEA53B #E7BD6F #F0D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DEA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#DEA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA53B

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA53B	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbf77',
    500: '#dea53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea53b;
$custom-light: #edbf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.018,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA53B

secondary

#98B0DD

accent

#79EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA53B

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

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