#DE9937#DE9937

#DE9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.137 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9937
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 17.44, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 61.53, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0433 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.137 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2081, 38.5916, 8.8397)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9937 #377CDE

analogous

#DE4637 #DE9937 #CFDE37

triadic

#DE9937 #37DE99 #9937DE

tetradic

#DE9937 #37DE46 #377CDE #DE37CF

square

#DE9937 #37DE46 #377CDE #DE37CF

split-complementary

#DE9937 #37CFDE #4637DE

monochromatic

#855716 #B9791F #DE9937 #E7B46C #EFCFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DE9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9937

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9937	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.137 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb774',
    500: '#de9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9937;
$custom-light: #eeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.21,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73446,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9937

secondary

#95B2DC

accent

#84EE39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9937

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

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