#DE9D33#DE9D33

#DE9D33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.139 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9D33
RGB	rgb(222, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 77%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 15.13, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 63.32, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0361 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.139 75)
XYZ	xyz(42.7818, 39.8862, 8.5769)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9D33 #3374DE

analogous

#DE4733 #DE9D33 #C9DE33

triadic

#DE9D33 #33DE9D #9D33DE

tetradic

#DE9D33 #33DE47 #3374DE #DE33C9

square

#DE9D33 #33DE47 #3374DE #DE33C9

split-complementary

#DE9D33 #33C9DE #4733DE

monochromatic

#825815 #B67C1D #DE9D33 #E7B668 #EFD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DE9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DE9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9D33

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9D33	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.139 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeb972',
    500: '#de9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9d33;
$custom-light: #eeb972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.193,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9D33

secondary

#92AEDB

accent

#7EEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9D33

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

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