#DE9838#DE9838

#DE9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.136 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9838
RGB	rgb(222, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.5%, 74.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 18.02, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 61.09, 72.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0452 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.136 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0694, 38.2753, 8.9129)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9838 #387EDE

analogous

#DE4538 #DE9838 #D1DE38

triadic

#DE9838 #38DE98 #9838DE

tetradic

#DE9838 #38DE45 #387EDE #DE38D1

square

#DE9838 #38DE45 #387EDE #DE38D1

split-complementary

#DE9838 #38D1DE #4538DE

monochromatic

#855716 #BA791F #DE9838 #E7B36C #EFCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DE9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DE9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9838

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9838	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)

#B09C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb675',
    500: '#de9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9838;
$custom-light: #eeb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.699,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73268,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9838

secondary

#96B3DC

accent

#86EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9838

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

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