#DEAE42#DEAE42

#DEAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.134 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAE42
RGB	rgb(222, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, 6.74, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 60.08, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.0135 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.134 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2464, 46.1982, 11.6346)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAE42 #4272DE

analogous

#DE6042 #DEAE42 #C0DE42

triadic

#DEAE42 #42DEAE #AE42DE

tetradic

#DEAE42 #42DE60 #4272DE #DE42C0

square

#DEAE42 #42DE60 #4272DE #DE42C0

split-complementary

#DEAE42 #42C0DE #6042DE

monochromatic

#8D6919 #C19022 #DEAE42 #E7C476 #F0DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#DEAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAE42

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAE42	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.134 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57c',
    500: '#deae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deae42;
$custom-light: #edc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAE42

secondary

#9EB2DE

accent

#72ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAE42

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

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