#DE9C49#DE9C49

#DE9C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.126 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C49
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 16.72, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 54.63, 72.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0437 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.126 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2182, 39.7911, 11.7063)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C49 #498BDE

analogous

#DE5249 #DE9C49 #D5DE49

triadic

#DE9C49 #49DE9C #9C49DE

tetradic

#DE9C49 #49DE52 #498BDE #DE49D5

square

#DE9C49 #49DE52 #498BDE #DE49D5

split-complementary

#DE9C49 #49D5DE #5249DE

monochromatic

#925D1A #C67E24 #DE9C49 #E7B87D #F1D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DE9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DE9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C49

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C49	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.126 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97f',
    500: '#de9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c49;
$custom-light: #edb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.423,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C49

secondary

#A4BEDF

accent

#8AEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C49

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

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