#DEA856#DEA856

#DEA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA856
RGB	rgb(222, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 11.12, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 50.48, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.0289 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.118 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8091, 44.2100, 14.9229)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA856 #568CDE

analogous

#DE6456 #DEA856 #D0DE56

triadic

#DEA856 #56DEA8 #A856DE

tetradic

#DEA856 #56DE64 #568CDE #DE56D0

square

#DEA856 #56DE64 #568CDE #DE56D0

split-complementary

#DEA856 #56D0DE #6456DE

monochromatic

#9B6A1E #CE8D28 #DEA856 #E8C289 #F2DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DEA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#DEA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA856

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA856	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc188',
    500: '#dea856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea856;
$custom-light: #ecc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76591,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA856

secondary

#AEC3E2

accent

#60CF16

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA856

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

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