#DE9C4D#DE9C4D

#DE9C4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C4D
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 77)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 16.96, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 52.95, 71.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0449 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.123 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3551, 39.8459, 12.4274)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C4D #4D8FDE

analogous

#DE534D #DE9C4D #D7DE4D

triadic

#DE9C4D #4DDE9C #9C4DDE

tetradic

#DE9C4D #4DDE53 #4D8FDE #DE4DD7

square

#DE9C4D #4DDE53 #4D8FDE #DE4DD7

split-complementary

#DE9C4D #4DD7DE #534DDE

monochromatic

#955E1C #C97E25 #DE9C4D #E8B981 #F1D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DE9C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DE9C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C4D

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C4D	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb982',
    500: '#de9c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c4d;
$custom-light: #edb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.69,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74211,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C4D

secondary

#A7C1E0

accent

#8CEC3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C4D

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

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