#DE9E46#DE9E46

#DE9E46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E46
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 68.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 15.48, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 56.06, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0396 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.128 72)
XYZ	xyz(43.4595, 40.4290, 11.3078)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E46 #4686DE

analogous

#DE5246 #DE9E46 #D2DE46

triadic

#DE9E46 #46DE9E #9E46DE

tetradic

#DE9E46 #46DE52 #4686DE #DE46D2

square

#DE9E46 #46DE52 #4686DE #DE46D2

split-complementary

#DE9E46 #46D2DE #5246DE

monochromatic

#905E1A #C48023 #DE9E46 #E7B97A #F1D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DE9E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E46

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E46	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7d',
    500: '#de9e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e46;
$custom-light: #edba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 69.725,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.40426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E46

secondary

#A1BBDF

accent

#86ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E46

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

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