#DE9638#DE9638

#DE9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9638
RGB	rgb(222, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 19.09, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 60.97, 71.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0483 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.137 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7475, 37.6316, 8.8056)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9638 #3880DE

analogous

#DE4338 #DE9638 #D3DE38

triadic

#DE9638 #38DE96 #9638DE

tetradic

#DE9638 #38DE43 #3880DE #DE38D3

square

#DE9638 #38DE43 #3880DE #DE38D3

split-complementary

#DE9638 #38D3DE #4338DE

monochromatic

#855516 #BA771F #DE9638 #E7B26C #EFCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#DE9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#DE9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9638

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9638	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb474',
    500: '#de9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9638;
$custom-light: #eeb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.976,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9638

secondary

#96B4DC

accent

#88EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9638

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

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