#DE9933#DE9933

#DE9933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.139 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9933
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 77%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 17.28, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 62.99, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0424 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.139 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1161, 38.5548, 8.3550)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9933 #3378DE

analogous

#DE4333 #DE9933 #CEDE33

triadic

#DE9933 #33DE99 #9933DE

tetradic

#DE9933 #33DE43 #3378DE #DE33CE

square

#DE9933 #33DE43 #3378DE #DE33CE

split-complementary

#DE9933 #33CEDE #4333DE

monochromatic

#825615 #B6791D #DE9933 #E7B368 #EFCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#DE9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9933

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9933	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.139 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb772',
    500: '#de9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9933;
$custom-light: #eeb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.789,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73416,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9933

secondary

#92AFDB

accent

#82EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9933

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

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