#DE9C45#DE9C45

#DE9C45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C45
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 16.50, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 56.28, 72.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0424 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.129 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0898, 39.7398, 11.0302)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C45 #4587DE

analogous

#DE5045 #DE9C45 #D3DE45

triadic

#DE9C45 #45DE9C #9C45DE

tetradic

#DE9C45 #45DE50 #4587DE #DE45D3

square

#DE9C45 #45DE50 #4587DE #DE45D3

split-complementary

#DE9C45 #45D3DE #5045DE

monochromatic

#8F5C19 #C37E23 #DE9C45 #E7B879 #F0D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DE9C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C45

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C45	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97d',
    500: '#de9c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c45;
$custom-light: #edb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.118,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74128,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C45

secondary

#A0BBDF

accent

#88ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C45

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

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