#DE9243#DE9243

#DE9243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9243
RGB	rgb(222, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(31, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 21.76, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 56.53, 67.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0577 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.131 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4193, 36.4964, 10.1722)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9243 #438FDE

analogous

#DE4543 #DE9243 #DCDE43

triadic

#DE9243 #43DE92 #9243DE

tetradic

#DE9243 #43DE45 #438FDE #DE43DC

square

#DE9243 #43DE45 #438FDE #DE43DC

split-complementary

#DE9243 #43DCDE #4543DE

monochromatic

#8E5419 #C27322 #DE9243 #E7B077 #F0CEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#DE9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#DE9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9243

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9243	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb27b',
    500: '#de9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9243;
$custom-light: #edb27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.581,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72265,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9243

secondary

#9FBEDE

accent

#92ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9243

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

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