#DE9E44#DE9E44

#DE9E44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E44
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 15.38, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 56.88, 74.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.039 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.129 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3974, 40.4042, 10.9809)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E44 #4484DE

analogous

#DE5144 #DE9E44 #D1DE44

triadic

#DE9E44 #44DE9E #9E44DE

tetradic

#DE9E44 #44DE51 #4484DE #DE44D1

square

#DE9E44 #44DE51 #4484DE #DE44D1

split-complementary

#DE9E44 #44D1DE #5144DE

monochromatic

#8E5E19 #C28022 #DE9E44 #E7B978 #F0D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DE9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E44

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E44	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)

#B5A139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7c',
    500: '#de9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e44;
$custom-light: #edba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.065,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74493,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E44

secondary

#9FBADE

accent

#85ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E44

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

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