#DEAF42#DEAF42

#DEAF42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAF42
RGB	rgb(222, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 6.21, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 60.28, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.012 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.135 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4403, 46.5860, 11.6992)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAF42 #4271DE

analogous

#DE6142 #DEAF42 #BFDE42

triadic

#DEAF42 #42DEAF #AF42DE

tetradic

#DEAF42 #42DE61 #4271DE #DE42BF

square

#DEAF42 #42DE61 #4271DE #DE42BF

split-complementary

#DEAF42 #42BFDE #6142DE

monochromatic

#8D6A19 #C19122 #DEAF42 #E7C576 #F0DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DEAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#DEAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAF42

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAF42	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc67c',
    500: '#deaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deaf42;
$custom-light: #edc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77752,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAF42

secondary

#9EB1DE

accent

#70ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAF42

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

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