#DEA85B#DEA85B

#DEA85B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA85B
RGB	rgb(222, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 11.48, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 48.25, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0306 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.114 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0177, 44.2934, 16.0212)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA85B #5B91DE

analogous

#DE675B #DEA85B #D3DE5B

triadic

#DEA85B #5BDEA8 #A85BDE

tetradic

#DEA85B #5BDE67 #5B91DE #DE5BD3

square

#DEA85B #5BDE67 #5B91DE #DE5BD3

split-complementary

#DEA85B #5BD3DE #675BDE

monochromatic

#9F6A20 #D28D2A #DEA85B #E8C38E #F3DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DEA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#DEA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA85B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA85B	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc18b',
    500: '#dea85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea85b;
$custom-light: #ecc18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76652,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA85B

secondary

#B2C6E3

accent

#63CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA85B

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

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