#DE9941#DE9941

#DE9941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9941
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 17.90, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 57.66, 71.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.046 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.131 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4726, 38.6974, 10.2325)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9941 #4186DE

analogous

#DE4B41 #DE9941 #D4DE41

triadic

#DE9941 #41DE99 #9941DE

tetradic

#DE9941 #41DE4B #4186DE #DE41D4

square

#DE9941 #41DE4B #4186DE #DE41D4

split-complementary

#DE9941 #41D4DE #4B41DE

monochromatic

#8C5918 #C07B21 #DE9941 #E7B575 #F0D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DE9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#DE9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9941

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9941	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb77a',
    500: '#de9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9941;
$custom-light: #edb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.631,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9941

secondary

#9DB9DE

accent

#89ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9941

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

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