#DEAE39#DEAE39

#DEAE39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.140 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAE39
RGB	rgb(222, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 6.32, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 63.55, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0113 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.14 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0016, 46.1003, 10.3455)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAE39 #3969DE

analogous

#DE5B39 #DEAE39 #BCDE39

triadic

#DEAE39 #39DEAE #AE39DE

tetradic

#DEAE39 #39DE5B #3969DE #DE39BC

square

#DEAE39 #39DE5B #3969DE #DE39BC

split-complementary

#DEAE39 #39BCDE #5B39DE

monochromatic

#866616 #BB8D1F #DEAE39 #E7C36D #EFD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#DEAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAE39

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAE39	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F19E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.140 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc577',
    500: '#deae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deae39;
$custom-light: #edc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77486,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAE39

secondary

#97ABDC

accent

#6EEE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAE39

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

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