#DE9228#DE9228

#DE9228 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9228
RGB	rgb(222, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 82%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 20.65, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 66.33, 71.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.051 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.144 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7894, 36.2445, 6.8548)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9228 #2874DE

analogous

#DE3728 #DE9228 #CFDE28

triadic

#DE9228 #28DE92 #9228DE

tetradic

#DE9228 #28DE37 #2874DE #DE28CF

square

#DE9228 #28DE37 #2874DE #DE28CF

split-complementary

#DE9228 #28CFDE #3728DE

monochromatic

#794E13 #AE711B #DE9228 #E6AD5D #EEC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DE9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#DE9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9228

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9228	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb26c',
    500: '#de9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9228;
$custom-light: #eeb26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.945,
    "s": 73.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9228

secondary

#89AAD9

accent

#85F038

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF5EC

border

#D7CFC7

text

#181007

muted

#867F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9228

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

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