#DEA561#DEA561

#DEA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.109 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA561
RGB	rgb(222, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 13.54, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 45.16, 72.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0375 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.109 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7395, 43.3062, 17.2568)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA561 #619ADE

analogous

#DE6661 #DEA561 #D8DE61

triadic

#DEA561 #61DEA5 #A561DE

tetradic

#DEA561 #61DE66 #619ADE #DE61D8

square

#DEA561 #61DE66 #619ADE #DE61D8

split-complementary

#DEA561 #61D8DE #6661DE

monochromatic

#A36822 #D3882E #DEA561 #E9C294 #F3DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DEA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#DEA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA561

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA561	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.109 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf8f',
    500: '#dea561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea561;
$custom-light: #ebbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.64,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76158,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA561

secondary

#B7CBE4

accent

#6BCD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA561

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

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