#DE9836#DE9836

#DE9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9836
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 75.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 17.93, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 61.83, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0447 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.137 71)
XYZ	xyz(42.0214, 38.2561, 8.6604)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9836 #367CDE

analogous

#DE4436 #DE9836 #D0DE36

triadic

#DE9836 #36DE98 #9836DE

tetradic

#DE9836 #36DE44 #367CDE #DE36D0

square

#DE9836 #36DE44 #367CDE #DE36D0

split-complementary

#DE9836 #36D0DE #4436DE

monochromatic

#845616 #B9781E #DE9836 #E7B36B #EFCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DE9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DE9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9836

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9836	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb673',
    500: '#de9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9836;
$custom-light: #eeb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73252,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.38252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9836

secondary

#94B2DC

accent

#85EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9836

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

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