#DE9E45#DE9E45

#DE9E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E45
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 15.43, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 56.47, 74.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0393 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.129 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4282, 40.4165, 11.1430)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E45 #4585DE

analogous

#DE5245 #DE9E45 #D2DE45

triadic

#DE9E45 #45DE9E #9E45DE

tetradic

#DE9E45 #45DE52 #4585DE #DE45D2

square

#DE9E45 #45DE52 #4585DE #DE45D2

split-complementary

#DE9E45 #45D2DE #5245DE

monochromatic

#8F5E19 #C38023 #DE9E45 #E7B979 #F0D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DE9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E45

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E45	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)

#B4A13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7d',
    500: '#de9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e45;
$custom-light: #edba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E45

secondary

#A0BADF

accent

#85ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E45

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

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