#DE9D44#DE9D44

#DE9D44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9D44
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 15.91, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 56.78, 73.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0406 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.129 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2275, 40.0645, 10.9243)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9D44 #4485DE

analogous

#DE5044 #DE9D44 #D2DE44

triadic

#DE9D44 #44DE9D #9D44DE

tetradic

#DE9D44 #44DE50 #4485DE #DE44D2

square

#DE9D44 #44DE50 #4485DE #DE44D2

split-complementary

#DE9D44 #44D2DE #5044DE

monochromatic

#8E5D19 #C27F22 #DE9D44 #E7B878 #F0D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DE9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DE9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9D44

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9D44	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97c',
    500: '#de9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9d44;
$custom-light: #edb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.675,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9D44

secondary

#9FBADE

accent

#86ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9D44

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

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