#DEB38E#DEB38E

#DEB38E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.071 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB38E
RGB	rgb(222, 179, 142)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(28, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 10.52, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 26.94, 67.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0328 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.071 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1281, 49.7253, 32.4908)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB38E #8EB9DE

analogous

#DE8E91 #DEB38E #DEDB8E

triadic

#DEB38E #8EDEB3 #B38EDE

tetradic

#DEB38E #91DE8E #8EB9DE #DB8EDE

square

#DEB38E #91DE8E #8EB9DE #DB8EDE

split-complementary

#DEB38E #8EDEDB #8E91DE

monochromatic

#BB7437 #D0935F #DEB38E #ECD3BD #F8EFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DEB38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#DEB38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB38E

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB38E	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 179, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.071 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c9af',
    500: '#deb38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb38e;
$custom-light: #e9c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7962,
    "c": 0.07054,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB38E

secondary

#DAE5EE

accent

#79C223

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#161310

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB38E

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

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