#DE9D40#DE9D40

#DE9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.132 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9D40
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 15.71, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 58.40, 74.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0394 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.132 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1096, 40.0173, 10.3031)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9D40 #4081DE

analogous

#DE4E40 #DE9D40 #D0DE40

triadic

#DE9D40 #40DE9D #9D40DE

tetradic

#DE9D40 #40DE4E #4081DE #DE40D0

square

#DE9D40 #40DE4E #4081DE #DE40D0

split-complementary

#DE9D40 #40D0DE #4E40DE

monochromatic

#8B5C18 #C07E21 #DE9D40 #E7B874 #F0D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DE9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#DE9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9D40

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9D40	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.132 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97a',
    500: '#de9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9d40;
$custom-light: #edb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.316,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74268,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9D40

secondary

#9CB7DE

accent

#84ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9D40

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

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