#DE9E50#DE9E50

#DE9E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.121 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E50
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 16.08, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 51.85, 71.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0427 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.121 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8018, 40.5660, 13.1109)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E50 #5090DE

analogous

#DE5750 #DE9E50 #D7DE50

triadic

#DE9E50 #50DE9E #9E50DE

tetradic

#DE9E50 #50DE57 #5090DE #DE50D7

square

#DE9E50 #50DE57 #5090DE #DE50D7

split-complementary

#DE9E50 #50D7DE #5750DE

monochromatic

#97601C #CB8126 #DE9E50 #E8BB83 #F1D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#DE9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E50

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E50	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.121 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba84',
    500: '#de9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e50;
$custom-light: #ecba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.958,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74619,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E50

secondary

#A9C2E1

accent

#8BEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E50

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →