#DE9C3B#DE9C3B

#DE9C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.135 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9C3B
RGB	rgb(222, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 16.00, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 60.26, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0396 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.135 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8051, 39.6259, 9.5310)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9C3B #3B7DDE

analogous

#DE4B3B #DE9C3B #CEDE3B

triadic

#DE9C3B #3BDE9C #9C3BDE

tetradic

#DE9C3B #3BDE4B #3B7DDE #DE3BCE

square

#DE9C3B #3BDE4B #3B7DDE #DE3BCE

split-complementary

#DE9C3B #3BCEDE #4B3BDE

monochromatic

#885A17 #BC7D20 #DE9C3B #E7B66F #F0D1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DE9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DE9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9C3B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9C3B	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B3A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.135 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb977',
    500: '#de9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9c3b;
$custom-light: #edb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.706,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74038,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9C3B

secondary

#98B4DD

accent

#83EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9C3B

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

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