#DE9D4D#DE9D4D

#DE9D4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9D4D
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 77)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 16.42, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 53.03, 71.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0433 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.123 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5236, 40.1829, 12.4835)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9D4D #4D8EDE

analogous

#DE544D #DE9D4D #D7DE4D

triadic

#DE9D4D #4DDE9D #9D4DDE

tetradic

#DE9D4D #4DDE54 #4D8EDE #DE4DD7

square

#DE9D4D #4DDE54 #4D8EDE #DE4DD7

split-complementary

#DE9D4D #4DD7DE #544DDE

monochromatic

#955F1C #C97F25 #DE9D4D #E8B981 #F1D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DE9D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#DE9D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9D4D

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9D4D	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba82',
    500: '#de9d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9d4d;
$custom-light: #edba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9D4D

secondary

#A7C0E0

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9D4D

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

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