#DE9E33#DE9E33

#DE9E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E33
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 77%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 14.60, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 63.42, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0346 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.139 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9517, 40.2259, 8.6336)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E33 #3373DE

analogous

#DE4833 #DE9E33 #C8DE33

triadic

#DE9E33 #33DE9E #9E33DE

tetradic

#DE9E33 #33DE48 #3373DE #DE33C8

square

#DE9E33 #33DE48 #3373DE #DE33C8

split-complementary

#DE9E33 #33C8DE #4833DE

monochromatic

#825915 #B67D1D #DE9E33 #E7B768 #EFD09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DE9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#DE9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E33

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E33	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F28D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeba72',
    500: '#de9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e33;
$custom-light: #eeba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.544,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E33

secondary

#92ADDB

accent

#7DEF39

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E33

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

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