#DEA042#DEA042

#DEA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA042
RGB	rgb(222, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 14.20, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 57.91, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0353 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.131 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6813, 41.0681, 10.7795)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA042 #4280DE

analogous

#DE5242 #DEA042 #CEDE42

triadic

#DEA042 #42DEA0 #A042DE

tetradic

#DEA042 #42DE52 #4280DE #DE42CE

square

#DEA042 #42DE52 #4280DE #DE42CE

split-complementary

#DEA042 #42CEDE #5242DE

monochromatic

#8D5F19 #C18222 #DEA042 #E7BA76 #F0D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DEA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#DEA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA042

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA042	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbc7b',
    500: '#dea042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea042;
$custom-light: #edbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74853,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA042

secondary

#9EB7DE

accent

#82ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA042

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

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