#DE9C37#DE9C37

#DE9C37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C37
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 15.83, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 61.78, 75.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0386 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.137 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7053, 39.5860, 9.0054)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C37 #3779DE

analogous

#DE4837 #DE9C37 #CDDE37

triadic

#DE9C37 #37DE9C #9C37DE

tetradic

#DE9C37 #37DE48 #3779DE #DE37CD

square

#DE9C37 #37DE48 #3779DE #DE37CD

split-complementary

#DE9C37 #37CDDE #4837DE

monochromatic

#855916 #B97C1F #DE9C37 #E7B66C #EFD0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DE9C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DE9C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C37

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C37	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb974',
    500: '#de9c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c37;
$custom-light: #eeb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.287,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74006,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C37

secondary

#95B1DC

accent

#81EE39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C37

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

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