#DE9F40#DE9F40

#DE9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9F40
RGB	rgb(222, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 14.63, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 58.60, 75.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0363 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.132 74)
XYZ	xyz(43.4507, 40.6996, 10.4169)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9F40 #407FDE

analogous

#DE5040 #DE9F40 #CEDE40

triadic

#DE9F40 #40DE9F #9F40DE

tetradic

#DE9F40 #40DE50 #407FDE #DE40CE

square

#DE9F40 #40DE50 #407FDE #DE40CE

split-complementary

#DE9F40 #40CEDE #5040DE

monochromatic

#8B5D18 #C08021 #DE9F40 #E7B974 #F0D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#DE9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9F40

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9F40	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb7a',
    500: '#de9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9f40;
$custom-light: #edbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.076,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.40696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9F40

secondary

#9CB6DE

accent

#82ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9F40

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

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