#DEB8A9#DEB8A9

#DEB8A9 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.049 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEB8A9
RGB	rgb(222, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(17, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 11.39, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 17.09, 48.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0359 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.049 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4266, 52.6772, 44.8292)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEB8A9 #A9CFDE

analogous

#DEA9B5 #DEB8A9 #DED3A9

triadic

#DEB8A9 #A9DEB8 #B8A9DE

tetradic

#DEB8A9 #B5DEA9 #A9CFDE #D3A9DE

square

#DEB8A9 #B5DEA9 #A9CFDE #D3A9DE

split-complementary

#DEB8A9 #A9DED3 #A9B5DE

monochromatic

#BC6F51 #CD937D #DEB8A9 #EFDDD5 #F7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DEB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#DEB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEB8A9

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEB8A9	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.049 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cdc2',
    500: '#deb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deb8a9;
$custom-light: #e9cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.981,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81193,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEB8A9

secondary

#75A4B6

accent

#91B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF9

border

#D5D3D2

text

#161312

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEB8A9

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

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