#DE993B#DE993B

#DE993B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE993B
RGB	rgb(222, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 17.61, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 60.02, 72.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0444 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.135 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3079, 38.6315, 9.3652)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE993B #3B80DE

analogous

#DE473B #DE993B #D2DE3B

triadic

#DE993B #3BDE99 #993BDE

tetradic

#DE993B #3BDE47 #3B80DE #DE3BD2

square

#DE993B #3BDE47 #3B80DE #DE3BD2

split-complementary

#DE993B #3BD2DE #473BDE

monochromatic

#885817 #BC7A20 #DE993B #E7B46F #F0D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DE993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#DE993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE993B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE993B	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb776',
    500: '#de993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de993b;
$custom-light: #edb776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.601,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE993B

secondary

#98B5DD

accent

#86EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE993B

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

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