#DE9C43#DE9C43

#DE9C43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.130 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C43
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 16.40, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 57.10, 73.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0419 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.13 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0288, 39.7154, 10.7087)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C43 #4385DE

analogous

#DE4F43 #DE9C43 #D2DE43

triadic

#DE9C43 #43DE9C #9C43DE

tetradic

#DE9C43 #43DE4F #4385DE #DE43D2

square

#DE9C43 #43DE4F #4385DE #DE43D2

split-complementary

#DE9C43 #43D2DE #4F43DE

monochromatic

#8E5C19 #C27E22 #DE9C43 #E7B777 #F0D3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DE9C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C43

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C43	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)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.130 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97b',
    500: '#de9c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c43;
$custom-light: #edb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.452,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C43

secondary

#9FBADE

accent

#87ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C43

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

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