#DEA23A#DEA23A

#DEA23A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA23A
RGB	rgb(222, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 73.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 12.75, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 61.29, 78.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.03 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.136 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8112, 41.6792, 9.7396)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA23A #3A76DE

analogous

#DE503A #DEA23A #C8DE3A

triadic

#DEA23A #3ADEA2 #A23ADE

tetradic

#DEA23A #3ADE50 #3A76DE #DE3AC8

square

#DEA23A #3ADE50 #3A76DE #DE3AC8

split-complementary

#DEA23A #3AC8DE #503ADE

monochromatic

#875E17 #BB821F #DEA23A #E7BB6E #F0D3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DEA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#DEA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA23A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA23A	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbd77',
    500: '#dea23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea23a;
$custom-light: #edbd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 71.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75166,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA23A

secondary

#97B1DC

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA23A

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

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