#DE9F43#DE9F43

#DE9F43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9F43
RGB	rgb(222, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 14.79, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 57.39, 75.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.0371 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.13 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5384, 40.7346, 10.8786)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9F43 #4382DE

analogous

#DE5243 #DE9F43 #D0DE43

triadic

#DE9F43 #43DE9F #9F43DE

tetradic

#DE9F43 #43DE52 #4382DE #DE43D0

square

#DE9F43 #43DE52 #4382DE #DE43D0

split-complementary

#DE9F43 #43D0DE #5243DE

monochromatic

#8E5E19 #C28122 #DE9F43 #E7BA77 #F0D4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DE9F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9F43

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9F43	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb7c',
    500: '#de9f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9f43;
$custom-light: #edbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.613,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74673,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9F43

secondary

#9FB8DE

accent

#83ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9F43

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

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