#DE9E49#DE9E49

#DE9E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E49
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 15.65, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 54.81, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0405 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.126 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5565, 40.4679, 11.8191)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E49 #4989DE

analogous

#DE5349 #DE9E49 #D4DE49

triadic

#DE9E49 #49DE9E #9E49DE

tetradic

#DE9E49 #49DE53 #4989DE #DE49D4

square

#DE9E49 #49DE53 #4989DE #DE49D4

split-complementary

#DE9E49 #49D4DE #5349DE

monochromatic

#925F1A #C68024 #DE9E49 #E7BA7D #F1D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DE9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E49

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E49	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)

#B4A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba7f',
    500: '#de9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e49;
$custom-light: #edba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.228,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74543,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E49

secondary

#A4BDDF

accent

#87EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E49

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

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