#DEA55B#DEA55B

#DEA55B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.114 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA55B
RGB	rgb(222, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 13.08, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 47.83, 74.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0354 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.114 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4702, 43.1985, 15.8388)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA55B #5B94DE

analogous

#DE645B #DEA55B #D6DE5B

triadic

#DEA55B #5BDEA5 #A55BDE

tetradic

#DEA55B #5BDE64 #5B94DE #DE5BD6

square

#DEA55B #5BDE64 #5B94DE #DE5BD6

split-complementary

#DEA55B #5BD6DE #645BDE

monochromatic

#9F6820 #D2892A #DEA55B #E8C18E #F3DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DEA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#DEA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA55B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA55B	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.114 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf8b',
    500: '#dea55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea55b;
$custom-light: #ecbf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.893,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA55B

secondary

#B2C7E3

accent

#67CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA55B

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

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