#DEB899#DEB899

#DEB899 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.061 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB899
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(27, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 9.22, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 22.83, 66.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% 0.0295 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.061 61)
XYZ	xyz(53.0154, 52.1127, 37.3970)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB899 #99BFDE

analogous

#DE999C #DEB899 #DEDA99

triadic

#DEB899 #99DEB8 #B899DE

tetradic

#DEB899 #9CDE99 #99BFDE #DA99DE

square

#DEB899 #9CDE99 #99BFDE #DA99DE

split-complementary

#DEB899 #99DEDA #999CDE

monochromatic

#BF783E #CF986B #DEB899 #EDD8C7 #F8EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DEB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DEB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB899

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB899	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.061 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cdb7',
    500: '#deb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb899;
$custom-light: #e9cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8082,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.5211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB899

secondary

#6592B6

accent

#7ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF8

border

#D5D3D1

text

#161311

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB899

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

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