#DE9842#DE9842

#DE9842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9842
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 18.49, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 57.20, 71.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0479 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.131 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3388, 38.3831, 10.3320)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9842 #4288DE

analogous

#DE4A42 #DE9842 #D6DE42

triadic

#DE9842 #42DE98 #9842DE

tetradic

#DE9842 #42DE4A #4288DE #DE42D6

square

#DE9842 #42DE4A #4288DE #DE42D6

split-complementary

#DE9842 #42D6DE #4A42DE

monochromatic

#8D5919 #C17A22 #DE9842 #E7B476 #F0D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DE9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DE9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9842

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9842	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb67a',
    500: '#de9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9842;
$custom-light: #edb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9842

secondary

#9EBBDE

accent

#8BED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9842

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

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