#DE9A36#DE9A36

#DE9A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9A36
RGB	rgb(222, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 75.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 16.86, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 61.98, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0415 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.137 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3488, 38.9108, 8.7695)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9A36 #367ADE

analogous

#DE4636 #DE9A36 #CEDE36

triadic

#DE9A36 #36DE9A #9A36DE

tetradic

#DE9A36 #36DE46 #367ADE #DE36CE

square

#DE9A36 #36DE46 #367ADE #DE36CE

split-complementary

#DE9A36 #36CEDE #4636DE

monochromatic

#845716 #B97A1E #DE9A36 #E7B46B #EFCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DE9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DE9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9A36

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9A36	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)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb774',
    500: '#de9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9a36;
$custom-light: #eeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9A36

secondary

#94B1DC

accent

#83EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9A36

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

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