#DEA559#DEA559

#DEA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA559
RGB	rgb(222, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 12.93, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 48.72, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0347 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.115 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3851, 43.1644, 15.3904)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA559 #5992DE

analogous

#DE6259 #DEA559 #D4DE59

triadic

#DEA559 #59DEA5 #A559DE

tetradic

#DEA559 #59DE62 #5992DE #DE59D4

square

#DEA559 #59DE62 #5992DE #DE59D4

split-complementary

#DEA559 #59D4DE #6259DE

monochromatic

#9D671F #D08929 #DEA559 #E8C18C #F2DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DEA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#DEA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA559

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA559	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)

#B9A852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf8a',
    500: '#dea559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea559;
$custom-light: #ecbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76052,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA559

secondary

#B0C6E2

accent

#66CF17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA559

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

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