#DE9E39#DE9E39

#DE9E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9E39
RGB	rgb(222, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 14.84, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 61.22, 75.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.036 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.136 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0926, 40.2823, 9.3758)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9E39 #3979DE

analogous

#DE4B39 #DE9E39 #CCDE39

triadic

#DE9E39 #39DE9E #9E39DE

tetradic

#DE9E39 #39DE4B #3979DE #DE39CC

square

#DE9E39 #39DE4B #3979DE #DE39CC

split-complementary

#DE9E39 #39CCDE #4B39DE

monochromatic

#865B16 #BB7E1F #DE9E39 #E7B86D #EFD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DE9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#DE9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E39

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9E39	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba76',
    500: '#de9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9e39;
$custom-light: #edba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.727,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9E39

secondary

#97B2DC

accent

#80EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9E39

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

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