#DEAE55#DEAE55

#DEAE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.120 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAE55
RGB	rgb(222, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, 7.86, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 52.00, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0192 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.12 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9025, 46.4607, 15.0900)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAE55 #5585DE

analogous

#DE6955 #DEAE55 #CADE55

triadic

#DEAE55 #55DEAE #AE55DE

tetradic

#DEAE55 #55DE69 #5585DE #DE55CA

square

#DEAE55 #55DE69 #5585DE #DE55CA

split-complementary

#DEAE55 #55CADE #6955DE

monochromatic

#9B6F1E #CE9428 #DEAE55 #E8C688 #F2DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DEAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#DEAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAE55

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAE55	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.120 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc688',
    500: '#deae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deae55;
$custom-light: #ecc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.978,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77743,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAE55

secondary

#ADC0E2

accent

#57CF16

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAE55

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

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