#DE9974#DE9974

#DE9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9974
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(21, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 21.65, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 36.85, 54.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.064 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.097 49)
XYZ	xyz(44.6701, 39.5764, 21.8059)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9974 #74B9DE

analogous

#DE7484 #DE9974 #DECE74

triadic

#DE9974 #74DE99 #9974DE

tetradic

#DE9974 #84DE74 #74B9DE #CE74DE

square

#DE9974 #84DE74 #74B9DE #CE74DE

split-complementary

#DE9974 #74DECE #7484DE

monochromatic

#AE5829 #D27543 #DE9974 #EABDA5 #F5E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DE9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9974

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9974	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb79c',
    500: '#de9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9974;
$custom-light: #ebb79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74229,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.39573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9974

secondary

#C6DCE8

accent

#8DC91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9974

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

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