#DE9E42#DE9E42

#DE9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.131 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E42
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 15.27, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 57.69, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0384 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.131 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3374, 40.3802, 10.6649)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E42 #4282DE

analogous

#DE5042 #DE9E42 #D0DE42

triadic

#DE9E42 #42DE9E #9E42DE

tetradic

#DE9E42 #42DE50 #4282DE #DE42D0

square

#DE9E42 #42DE50 #4282DE #DE42D0

split-complementary

#DE9E42 #42D0DE #5042DE

monochromatic

#8D5D19 #C18022 #DE9E42 #E7B976 #F0D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DE9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E42

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E42	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.131 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7b',
    500: '#de9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e42;
$custom-light: #edba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E42

secondary

#9EB8DE

accent

#84ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E42

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

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