#DE9939#DE9939

#DE9939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9939
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 17.52, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 60.78, 73.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0438 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.136 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2571, 38.6112, 9.0973)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9939 #397EDE

analogous

#DE4639 #DE9939 #D1DE39

triadic

#DE9939 #39DE99 #9939DE

tetradic

#DE9939 #39DE46 #397EDE #DE39D1

square

#DE9939 #39DE46 #397EDE #DE39D1

split-complementary

#DE9939 #39D1DE #4639DE

monochromatic

#865716 #BB7A1F #DE9939 #E7B46D #EFCFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DE9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9939

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9939	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)

#B19D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb775',
    500: '#de9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9939;
$custom-light: #eeb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.909,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9939

secondary

#97B4DC

accent

#85EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9939

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

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