#DE6942#DE6942

#DE6942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.156 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6942
RGB	rgb(222, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 43.06, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 60.84, 44.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1218 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.156 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1626, 26.0306, 8.2733)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6942 #42B7DE

analogous

#DE4269 #DE6942 #DEB742

triadic

#DE6942 #42DE69 #6942DE

tetradic

#DE6942 #69DE42 #42B7DE #B742DE

square

#DE6942 #69DE42 #42B7DE #B742DE

split-complementary

#DE6942 #42DEB7 #4269DE

monochromatic

#8D3619 #C14A22 #DE6942 #E79276 #F0BCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#DE6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#DE6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6942

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6942	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.156 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9678',
    500: '#de6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6942;
$custom-light: #ef9678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65472,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6942

secondary

#9ECEDE

accent

#C0ED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6942

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

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