#DEA142#DEA142

#DEA142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA142
RGB	rgb(222, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 13.66, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 58.02, 76.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0337 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.131 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8554, 41.4162, 10.8376)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA142 #427FDE

analogous

#DE5342 #DEA142 #CDDE42

triadic

#DEA142 #42DEA1 #A142DE

tetradic

#DEA142 #42DE53 #427FDE #DE42CD

square

#DEA142 #42DE53 #427FDE #DE42CD

split-complementary

#DEA142 #42CDDE #5342DE

monochromatic

#8D5F19 #C18322 #DEA142 #E7BB76 #F0D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DEA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DEA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA142

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA142	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbc7b',
    500: '#dea142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea142;
$custom-light: #edbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA142

secondary

#9EB7DE

accent

#80ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA142

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

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