#DE9940#DE9940

#DE9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9940
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 17.85, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 58.06, 72.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0457 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.132 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4439, 38.6859, 10.0812)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9940 #4085DE

analogous

#DE4A40 #DE9940 #D4DE40

triadic

#DE9940 #40DE99 #9940DE

tetradic

#DE9940 #40DE4A #4085DE #DE40D4

square

#DE9940 #40DE4A #4085DE #DE40D4

split-complementary

#DE9940 #40D4DE #4A40DE

monochromatic

#8B5918 #C07A21 #DE9940 #E7B574 #F0D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DE9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#DE9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9940

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9940	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb779',
    500: '#de9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9940;
$custom-light: #edb779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.797,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9940

secondary

#9CB9DE

accent

#89ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9940

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

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