#DE9E40#DE9E40

#DE9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.132 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E40
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 15.17, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 58.49, 74.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0379 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.132 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2795, 40.3570, 10.3598)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E40 #4080DE

analogous

#DE4F40 #DE9E40 #CFDE40

triadic

#DE9E40 #40DE9E #9E40DE

tetradic

#DE9E40 #40DE4F #4080DE #DE40CF

square

#DE9E40 #40DE4F #4080DE #DE40CF

split-complementary

#DE9E40 #40CFDE #4F40DE

monochromatic

#8B5D18 #C07F21 #DE9E40 #E7B974 #F0D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DE9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#DE9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E40

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E40	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.132 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7a',
    500: '#de9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e40;
$custom-light: #edba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.696,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74457,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E40

secondary

#9CB7DE

accent

#83ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E40

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

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