#DE9E43#DE9E43

#DE9E43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.130 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E43
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 15.32, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 57.29, 74.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0387 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.13 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3671, 40.3921, 10.8215)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E43 #4383DE

analogous

#DE5143 #DE9E43 #D1DE43

triadic

#DE9E43 #43DE9E #9E43DE

tetradic

#DE9E43 #43DE51 #4383DE #DE43D1

square

#DE9E43 #43DE51 #4383DE #DE43D1

split-complementary

#DE9E43 #43D1DE #5143DE

monochromatic

#8E5D19 #C28022 #DE9E43 #E7B977 #F0D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DE9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E43

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E43	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)

#B5A138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.130 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7b',
    500: '#de9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e43;
$custom-light: #edba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.226,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74484,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E43

secondary

#9FB9DE

accent

#84ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E43

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

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