#DEA956#DEA956

#DEA956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.118 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA956
RGB	rgb(222, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 10.59, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 50.64, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0274 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.118 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9945, 44.5806, 14.9847)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA956 #568BDE

analogous

#DE6556 #DEA956 #CFDE56

triadic

#DEA956 #56DEA9 #A956DE

tetradic

#DEA956 #56DE65 #568BDE #DE56CF

square

#DEA956 #56DE65 #568BDE #DE56CF

split-complementary

#DEA956 #56CFDE #6556DE

monochromatic

#9B6B1E #CE8E28 #DEA956 #E8C389 #F2DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DEA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#DEA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA956

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA956	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.118 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc288',
    500: '#dea956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea956;
$custom-light: #ecc288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.618,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76784,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA956

secondary

#AEC2E2

accent

#5ECF16

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA956

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

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