#DEA542#DEA542

#DEA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA542
RGB	rgb(222, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 11.53, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 58.55, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0275 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.132 78)
XYZ	xyz(44.5656, 42.8366, 11.0743)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA542 #427BDE

analogous

#DE5742 #DEA542 #C9DE42

triadic

#DEA542 #42DEA5 #A542DE

tetradic

#DEA542 #42DE57 #427BDE #DE42C9

square

#DEA542 #42DE57 #427BDE #DE42C9

split-complementary

#DEA542 #42C9DE #5742DE

monochromatic

#8D6219 #C18722 #DEA542 #E7BE76 #F0D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DEA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#DEA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA542

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA542	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbf7b',
    500: '#dea542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea542;
$custom-light: #edbf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75807,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.42833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA542

secondary

#9EB5DE

accent

#7CED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA542

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

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