#DEA557#DEA557

#DEA557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA557
RGB	rgb(222, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 12.79, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 49.60, 75.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.034 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.117 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3023, 43.1313, 14.9541)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA557 #5790DE

analogous

#DE6157 #DEA557 #D3DE57

triadic

#DEA557 #57DEA5 #A557DE

tetradic

#DEA557 #57DE61 #5790DE #DE57D3

square

#DEA557 #57DE61 #5790DE #DE57D3

split-complementary

#DEA557 #57D3DE #6157DE

monochromatic

#9C671F #CF8929 #DEA557 #E8C08A #F2DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DEA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#DEA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA557

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA557	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf89',
    500: '#dea557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea557;
$custom-light: #ecbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76028,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA557

secondary

#AFC4E2

accent

#64CF16

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA557

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

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