#DE9540#DE9540

#DE9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9540
RGB	rgb(222, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 20.00, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 57.83, 69.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0521 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.132 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8001, 37.3984, 9.8667)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9540 #4089DE

analogous

#DE4640 #DE9540 #D8DE40

triadic

#DE9540 #40DE95 #9540DE

tetradic

#DE9540 #40DE46 #4089DE #DE40D8

square

#DE9540 #40DE46 #4089DE #DE40D8

split-complementary

#DE9540 #40D8DE #4640DE

monochromatic

#8B5618 #C07621 #DE9540 #E7B274 #F0CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DE9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#DE9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9540

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9540	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb479',
    500: '#de9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9540;
$custom-light: #edb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.278,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9540

secondary

#9CBADE

accent

#8DED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9540

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

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