#DE9142#DE9142

#DE9142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9142
RGB	rgb(222, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 22.24, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 56.91, 66.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.059 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.132 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2361, 36.1776, 9.9645)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9142 #428FDE

analogous

#DE4342 #DE9142 #DDDE42

triadic

#DE9142 #42DE91 #9142DE

tetradic

#DE9142 #42DE43 #428FDE #DE42DD

square

#DE9142 #42DE43 #428FDE #DE42DD

split-complementary

#DE9142 #42DDDE #4342DE

monochromatic

#8D5419 #C17222 #DE9142 #E7AF76 #F0CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DE9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#DE9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9142

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9142	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb17a',
    500: '#de9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9142;
$custom-light: #edb17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9142

secondary

#9EBDDE

accent

#93ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9142

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

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