#DE9229#DE9229

#DE9229 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9229
RGB	rgb(222, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 82%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 81.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 20.68, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 66.02, 71.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0512 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.144 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8066, 36.2514, 6.9455)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9229 #2975DE

analogous

#DE3829 #DE9229 #CFDE29

triadic

#DE9229 #29DE92 #9229DE

tetradic

#DE9229 #29DE38 #2975DE #DE29CF

square

#DE9229 #29DE38 #2975DE #DE29CF

split-complementary

#DE9229 #29CFDE #3829DE

monochromatic

#7A4F13 #AF711B #DE9229 #E6AD5E #EEC893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#DE9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#DE9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9229

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9229	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)

#AB9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb26c',
    500: '#de9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9229;
$custom-light: #eeb26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.807,
    "s": 73.279,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72062,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9229

secondary

#8AABD9

accent

#85F038

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF5EC

border

#D7CFC7

text

#181007

muted

#867F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9229

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

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