#DE9B36#DE9B36

#DE9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9B36
RGB	rgb(222, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 75.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 16.32, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 62.06, 74.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.04 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.137 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5145, 39.2423, 8.8247)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9B36 #3679DE

analogous

#DE4736 #DE9B36 #CDDE36

triadic

#DE9B36 #36DE9B #9B36DE

tetradic

#DE9B36 #36DE47 #3679DE #DE36CD

square

#DE9B36 #36DE47 #3679DE #DE36CD

split-complementary

#DE9B36 #36CDDE #4736DE

monochromatic

#845816 #B97B1E #DE9B36 #E7B56B #EFCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DE9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DE9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9B36

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9B36	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb874',
    500: '#de9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9b36;
$custom-light: #eeb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.071,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9B36

secondary

#94B1DC

accent

#82EF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9B36

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

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