#DE9E4E#DE9E4E

#DE9E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E4E
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 15.95, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 52.70, 72.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0421 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.123 70)
XYZ	xyz(43.7290, 40.5369, 12.7275)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E4E #4E8EDE

analogous

#DE564E #DE9E4E #D6DE4E

triadic

#DE9E4E #4EDE9E #9E4EDE

tetradic

#DE9E4E #4EDE56 #4E8EDE #DE4ED6

square

#DE9E4E #4EDE56 #4E8EDE #DE4ED6

split-complementary

#DE9E4E #4ED6DE #564EDE

monochromatic

#96601C #C98026 #DE9E4E #E8BA82 #F1D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DE9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#DE9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E4E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E4E	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba82',
    500: '#de9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e4e;
$custom-light: #ecba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.40533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E4E

secondary

#A8C1E0

accent

#8AEB3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E4E

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

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