#DE9C44#DE9C44

#DE9C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C44
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 16.45, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 56.69, 73.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0421 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.129 71)
XYZ	xyz(43.0590, 39.7275, 10.8681)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C44 #4486DE

analogous

#DE4F44 #DE9C44 #D3DE44

triadic

#DE9C44 #44DE9C #9C44DE

tetradic

#DE9C44 #44DE4F #4486DE #DE44D3

square

#DE9C44 #44DE4F #4486DE #DE44D3

split-complementary

#DE9C44 #44D3DE #4F44DE

monochromatic

#8E5C19 #C27E22 #DE9C44 #E7B878 #F0D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DE9C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C44

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C44	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)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97c',
    500: '#de9c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c44;
$custom-light: #edb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74118,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.39724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C44

secondary

#9FBADE

accent

#87ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C44

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

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