#DE9936#DE9936

#DE9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.137 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9936
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 75.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 17.40, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 61.90, 73.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0431 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.137 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1844, 38.5821, 8.7147)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9936 #367BDE

analogous

#DE4536 #DE9936 #CFDE36

triadic

#DE9936 #36DE99 #9936DE

tetradic

#DE9936 #36DE45 #367BDE #DE36CF

square

#DE9936 #36DE45 #367BDE #DE36CF

split-complementary

#DE9936 #36CFDE #4536DE

monochromatic

#845716 #B9791E #DE9936 #E7B46B #EFCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DE9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9936

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9936	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.137 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb774',
    500: '#de9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9936;
$custom-light: #eeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.357,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9936

secondary

#94B2DC

accent

#84EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9936

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

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