#DE9A33#DE9A33

#DE9A33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.139 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9A33
RGB	rgb(222, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 77%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 16.74, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 63.07, 74.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0408 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.139 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2805, 38.8835, 8.4098)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9A33 #3377DE

analogous

#DE4433 #DE9A33 #CDDE33

triadic

#DE9A33 #33DE9A #9A33DE

tetradic

#DE9A33 #33DE44 #3377DE #DE33CD

square

#DE9A33 #33DE44 #3377DE #DE33CD

split-complementary

#DE9A33 #33CDDE #4433DE

monochromatic

#825615 #B67A1D #DE9A33 #E7B468 #EFCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DE9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DE9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9A33

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9A33	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.139 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb772',
    500: '#de9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9a33;
$custom-light: #eeb772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.14,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9A33

secondary

#92AFDB

accent

#81EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9A33

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

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