#DE9F42#DE9F42

#DE9F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9F42
RGB	rgb(222, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 14.74, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 57.80, 75.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0368 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.131 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5087, 40.7227, 10.7220)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9F42 #4281DE

analogous

#DE5142 #DE9F42 #CFDE42

triadic

#DE9F42 #42DE9F #9F42DE

tetradic

#DE9F42 #42DE51 #4281DE #DE42CF

square

#DE9F42 #42DE51 #4281DE #DE42CF

split-complementary

#DE9F42 #42CFDE #5142DE

monochromatic

#8D5E19 #C18122 #DE9F42 #E7B976 #F0D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#DE9F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9F42

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9F42	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)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb7b',
    500: '#de9f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9f42;
$custom-light: #edbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9F42

secondary

#9EB8DE

accent

#83ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9F42

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

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