#DE6E45#DE6E45

#DE6E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.151 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE6E45
RGB	rgb(222, 110, 69)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 40.72, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 58.91, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.1152 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.151 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7777, 27.1156, 8.9262)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE6E45 #45B5DE

analogous

#DE4569 #DE6E45 #DEBA45

triadic

#DE6E45 #45DE6E #6E45DE

tetradic

#DE6E45 #69DE45 #45B5DE #BA45DE

square

#DE6E45 #69DE45 #45B5DE #BA45DE

split-complementary

#DE6E45 #45DEBA #4569DE

monochromatic

#8F3919 #C34E23 #DE6E45 #E79779 #F0BFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#DE6E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#DE6E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE6E45

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE6E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE6E45	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F35865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de6e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 110, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.151 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef9a7a',
    500: '#de6e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de6e45;
$custom-light: #ef9a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de6e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.078,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66256,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE6E45

secondary

#A0CEDF

accent

#BDED3B

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE6E45

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

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