#DE9B37#DE9B37

#DE9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9B37
RGB	rgb(222, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 16.37, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 61.69, 74.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0402 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.137 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5382, 39.2518, 8.9497)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9B37 #377ADE

analogous

#DE4837 #DE9B37 #CEDE37

triadic

#DE9B37 #37DE9B #9B37DE

tetradic

#DE9B37 #37DE48 #377ADE #DE37CE

square

#DE9B37 #37DE48 #377ADE #DE37CE

split-complementary

#DE9B37 #37CEDE #4837DE

monochromatic

#855816 #B97B1F #DE9B37 #E7B56C #EFD0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DE9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DE9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9B37

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9B37	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb874',
    500: '#de9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9b37;
$custom-light: #eeb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.928,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9B37

secondary

#95B1DC

accent

#82EE39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9B37

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

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