#DEAA40#DEAA40

#DEAA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAA40
RGB	rgb(222, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 8.76, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 60.15, 81.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% 0.0192 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.134 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4272, 44.6525, 11.0757)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAA40 #4074DE

analogous

#DE5B40 #DEAA40 #C3DE40

triadic

#DEAA40 #40DEAA #AA40DE

tetradic

#DEAA40 #40DE5B #4074DE #DE40C3

square

#DEAA40 #40DE5B #4074DE #DE40C3

split-complementary

#DEAA40 #40C3DE #5B40DE

monochromatic

#8B6618 #C08B21 #DEAA40 #E7C174 #F0D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DEAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#DEAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAA40

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAA40	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc37b',
    500: '#deaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deaa40;
$custom-light: #edc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.253,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76757,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAA40

secondary

#9CB2DE

accent

#75ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAA40

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

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