#DEAF40#DEAF40

#DEAF40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAF40
RGB	rgb(222, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 6.11, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 61.07, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0115 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.136 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3824, 46.5629, 11.3941)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAF40 #406FDE

analogous

#DE6040 #DEAF40 #BEDE40

triadic

#DEAF40 #40DEAF #AF40DE

tetradic

#DEAF40 #40DE60 #406FDE #DE40BE

square

#DEAF40 #40DE60 #406FDE #DE40BE

split-complementary

#DEAF40 #40BEDE #6040DE

monochromatic

#8B6918 #C09121 #DEAF40 #E7C574 #F0DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DEAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#DEAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAF40

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAF40	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc67b',
    500: '#deaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deaf40;
$custom-light: #edc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAF40

secondary

#9CB0DE

accent

#70ED3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAF40

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

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