#DEA940#DEA940

#DEA940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEA940
RGB	rgb(222, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 9.29, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 59.98, 81.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0207 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.134 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2404, 44.2790, 11.0134)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEA940 #4075DE

analogous

#DE5A40 #DEA940 #C4DE40

triadic

#DEA940 #40DEA9 #A940DE

tetradic

#DEA940 #40DE5A #4075DE #DE40C4

square

#DEA940 #40DE5A #4075DE #DE40C4

split-complementary

#DEA940 #40C4DE #5A40DE

monochromatic

#8B6518 #C08A21 #DEA940 #E7C074 #F0D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DEA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#DEA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEA940

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEA940	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dea940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc27b',
    500: '#dea940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dea940;
$custom-light: #edc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dea940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.873,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76562,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEA940

secondary

#9CB2DE

accent

#76ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEA940

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

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