#DE9B49#DE9B49

#DE9B49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9B49
RGB	rgb(222, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 17.26, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 54.54, 71.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0452 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.126 69)
XYZ	xyz(43.0511, 39.4569, 11.6506)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9B49 #498CDE

analogous

#DE5049 #DE9B49 #D6DE49

triadic

#DE9B49 #49DE9B #9B49DE

tetradic

#DE9B49 #49DE50 #498CDE #DE49D6

square

#DE9B49 #49DE50 #498CDE #DE49D6

split-complementary

#DE9B49 #49D6DE #5049DE

monochromatic

#925C1A #C67D24 #DE9B49 #E7B77D #F1D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE9B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DE9B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9B49

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9B49	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb87f',
    500: '#de9b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9b49;
$custom-light: #edb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.02,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.39453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9B49

secondary

#A4BEDF

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9B49

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

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