#DE9C4E#DE9C4E

#DE9C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.123 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DE9C4E
RGBrgb(222, 156, 78)
HSLhsl(33, 69%, 59%)
HSVhsv(33, 65%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.7%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.37, 17.02, 49.69)
CIE-LCHlch(69.37, 52.52, 71.09°)
OKLaboklab(74.22% 0.0452 0.1142)
OKLCHoklch(74.22% 0.123 68.4)
XYZxyz(43.3907, 39.8601, 12.6147)
Luminance0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DE9C4E #4E90DE
analogous
#DE544E #DE9C4E #D8DE4E
triadic
#DE9C4E #4EDE9C #9C4EDE
tetradic
#DE9C4E #4EDE54 #4E90DE #DE4ED8
square
#DE9C4E #4EDE54 #4E90DE #DE4ED8
split-complementary
#DE9C4E #4ED8DE #544EDE
monochromatic
#965E1C #C97E26 #DE9C4E #E8B982 #F1D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#DE9C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97
#DE9C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C4E
8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DE9C4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DE9C4E1.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A046
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B050
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F18C8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #de9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.123 68.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb982',
    500: '#de9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #de9c4e;
$custom-light: #edb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#de9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74222,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DE9C4E
secondary
#A8C2E0
accent
#8DEB3C
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6EF
border
#D6D0CA
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C

Preview Lab

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#DE9C4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva