#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
RGBrgb(222, 157, 64)
HSLhsl(35, 71%, 56%)
HSVhsv(35, 71%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.3%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.48, 15.71, 56.24)
CIE-LCHlch(69.48, 58.40, 74.40°)
OKLaboklab(74.27% 0.0394 0.1258)
OKLCHoklch(74.27% 0.132 72.6)
XYZxyz(43.1096, 40.0173, 10.3031)
Luminance0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##DE9D401.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

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

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#DE9D40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva