#DE9A37#DE9A37

#DE9A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9A37
RGB	rgb(222, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 16.90, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 61.61, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0418 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.137 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3725, 38.9203, 8.8945)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9A37 #377BDE

analogous

#DE4737 #DE9A37 #CFDE37

triadic

#DE9A37 #37DE9A #9A37DE

tetradic

#DE9A37 #37DE47 #377BDE #DE37CF

square

#DE9A37 #37DE47 #377BDE #DE37CF

split-complementary

#DE9A37 #37CFDE #4737DE

monochromatic

#855816 #B97A1F #DE9A37 #E7B56C #EFCFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DE9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DE9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9A37

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9A37	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb774',
    500: '#de9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9a37;
$custom-light: #eeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.569,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9A37

secondary

#95B2DC

accent

#83EE39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9A37

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

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