#DE9837#DE9837

#DE9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9837
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 17.98, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 61.46, 73.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0449 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.137 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0452, 38.2656, 8.7853)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9837 #377DDE

analogous

#DE4537 #DE9837 #D1DE37

triadic

#DE9837 #37DE98 #9837DE

tetradic

#DE9837 #37DE45 #377DDE #DE37D1

square

#DE9837 #37DE45 #377DDE #DE37D1

split-complementary

#DE9837 #37D1DE #4537DE

monochromatic

#855616 #B9781F #DE9837 #E7B36C #EFCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DE9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DE9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9837

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9837	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)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb674',
    500: '#de9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9837;
$custom-light: #eeb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.85,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7326,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9837

secondary

#95B3DC

accent

#85EE39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9837

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

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