#DE9C4B#DE9C4B

#DE9C4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C4B
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 75)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 16.84, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 53.79, 71.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0443 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.125 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2856, 39.8181, 12.0612)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C4B #4B8DDE

analogous

#DE524B #DE9C4B #D7DE4B

triadic

#DE9C4B #4BDE9C #9C4BDE

tetradic

#DE9C4B #4BDE52 #4B8DDE #DE4BD7

square

#DE9C4B #4BDE52 #4B8DDE #DE4BD7

split-complementary

#DE9C4B #4BD7DE #524BDE

monochromatic

#945D1B #C77E25 #DE9C4B #E7B87F #F1D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DE9C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DE9C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C4B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C4B	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)

#B2A042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb980',
    500: '#de9c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c4b;
$custom-light: #edb980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74189,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C4B

secondary

#A5BFE0

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C4B

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

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