#DE9D45#DE9D45

#DE9D45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9D45
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 15.97, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 56.37, 73.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0409 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.129 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2583, 40.0768, 11.0864)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9D45 #4586DE

analogous

#DE5145 #DE9D45 #D2DE45

triadic

#DE9D45 #45DE9D #9D45DE

tetradic

#DE9D45 #45DE51 #4586DE #DE45D2

square

#DE9D45 #45DE51 #4586DE #DE45D2

split-complementary

#DE9D45 #45D2DE #5145DE

monochromatic

#8F5D19 #C37F23 #DE9D45 #E7B879 #F0D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DE9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DE9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9D45

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9D45	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)

#B4A13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb97d',
    500: '#de9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9d45;
$custom-light: #edb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.51,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74315,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9D45

secondary

#A0BBDF

accent

#87ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9D45

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

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