#DE9C41#DE9C41

#DE9C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C41
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 16.29, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 57.90, 73.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0413 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.131 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9698, 39.6918, 10.3982)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C41 #4183DE

analogous

#DE4E41 #DE9C41 #D2DE41

triadic

#DE9C41 #41DE9C #9C41DE

tetradic

#DE9C41 #41DE4E #4183DE #DE41D2

square

#DE9C41 #41DE4E #4183DE #DE41D2

split-complementary

#DE9C41 #41D2DE #4E41DE

monochromatic

#8C5C18 #C07E21 #DE9C41 #E7B775 #F0D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DE9C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C41

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C41	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97a',
    500: '#de9c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c41;
$custom-light: #edb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.777,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C41

secondary

#9DB8DE

accent

#86ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C41

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

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