#DE9738#DE9738

#DE9738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9738
RGB	rgb(222, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 18.55, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 61.03, 72.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0467 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.136 70)
XYZ	xyz(41.9078, 37.9521, 8.8590)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9738 #387FDE

analogous

#DE4438 #DE9738 #D2DE38

triadic

#DE9738 #38DE97 #9738DE

tetradic

#DE9738 #38DE44 #387FDE #DE38D2

square

#DE9738 #38DE44 #387FDE #DE38D2

split-complementary

#DE9738 #38D2DE #4438DE

monochromatic

#855616 #BA781F #DE9738 #E7B26C #EFCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DE9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#DE9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9738

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9738	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb574',
    500: '#de9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9738;
$custom-light: #eeb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.337,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.37948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9738

secondary

#96B4DC

accent

#87EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9738

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

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