#DE9C46#DE9C46

#DE9C46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C46
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 68.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 16.56, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 55.87, 72.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0427 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.128 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1211, 39.7523, 11.1951)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C46 #4688DE

analogous

#DE5046 #DE9C46 #D4DE46

triadic

#DE9C46 #46DE9C #9C46DE

tetradic

#DE9C46 #46DE50 #4688DE #DE46D4

square

#DE9C46 #46DE50 #4688DE #DE46D4

split-complementary

#DE9C46 #46D4DE #5046DE

monochromatic

#905D1A #C47E23 #DE9C46 #E7B87A #F1D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DE9C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C46

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C46	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)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97d',
    500: '#de9c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c46;
$custom-light: #edb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.947,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C46

secondary

#A1BCDF

accent

#88ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C46

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

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