#DE9E4C#DE9E4C

#DE9E4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E4C
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 76)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 15.83, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 53.55, 72.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0414 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.124 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6584, 40.5086, 12.3556)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E4C #4C8CDE

analogous

#DE554C #DE9E4C #D5DE4C

triadic

#DE9E4C #4CDE9E #9E4CDE

tetradic

#DE9E4C #4CDE55 #4C8CDE #DE4CD5

square

#DE9E4C #4CDE55 #4C8CDE #DE4CD5

split-complementary

#DE9E4C #4CD5DE #554CDE

monochromatic

#945F1B #C88025 #DE9E4C #E8BA80 #F1D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#DE9E4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E4C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E4C	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba81',
    500: '#de9e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e4c;
$custom-light: #edba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.699,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74575,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E4C

secondary

#A6BFE0

accent

#89EC3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E4C

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

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