#DE6A42#DE6A42

#DE6A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.155 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6A42
RGB	rgb(222, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 42.56, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 60.65, 45.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.1203 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.155 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2650, 26.2355, 8.3074)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6A42 #42B6DE

analogous

#DE4268 #DE6A42 #DEB842

triadic

#DE6A42 #42DE6A #6A42DE

tetradic

#DE6A42 #68DE42 #42B6DE #B842DE

square

#DE6A42 #68DE42 #42B6DE #B842DE

split-complementary

#DE6A42 #42DEB8 #4268DE

monochromatic

#8D3619 #C14B22 #DE6A42 #E79376 #F0BCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#DE6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#DE6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6A42

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6A42	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.155 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9778',
    500: '#de6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6a42;
$custom-light: #ef9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6A42

secondary

#9ECEDE

accent

#BFED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6A42

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

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