#DE9E41#DE9E41

#DE9E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E41
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 15.22, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 58.09, 74.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0381 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.131 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3082, 40.3685, 10.5110)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E41 #4181DE

analogous

#DE5041 #DE9E41 #D0DE41

triadic

#DE9E41 #41DE9E #9E41DE

tetradic

#DE9E41 #41DE50 #4181DE #DE41D0

square

#DE9E41 #41DE50 #4181DE #DE41D0

split-complementary

#DE9E41 #41D0DE #5041DE

monochromatic

#8C5D18 #C08021 #DE9E41 #E7B975 #F0D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#DE9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E41

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E41	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B5A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7a',
    500: '#de9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e41;
$custom-light: #edba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.541,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74466,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E41

secondary

#9DB7DE

accent

#83ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E41

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

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