#DE9E3B#DE9E3B

#DE9E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DE9E3B
RGBrgb(222, 158, 59)
HSLhsl(36, 71%, 55%)
HSVhsv(36, 73%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.8%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.68, 14.93, 58.58)
CIE-LCHlch(69.68, 60.45, 75.70°)
OKLaboklab(74.41% 0.0365 0.1298)
OKLCHoklch(74.41% 0.135 74.3)
XYZxyz(43.1435, 40.3027, 9.6438)
Luminance0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DE9E3B #3B7BDE
analogous
#DE4D3B #DE9E3B #CCDE3B
triadic
#DE9E3B #3BDE9E #9E3BDE
tetradic
#DE9E3B #3BDE4D #3B7BDE #DE3BCC
square
#DE9E3B #3BDE4D #3B7BDE #DE3BCC
split-complementary
#DE9E3B #3BCCDE #4D3BDE
monochromatic
#885B17 #BC7F20 #DE9E3B #E7B86F #F0D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#DE9E3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#DE9E3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9E3B
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DE9E3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DE9E3B1.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A12D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B03E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F18D8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #de9e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 74.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba77',
    500: '#de9e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #de9e3b;
$custom-light: #edba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#de9e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.442,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DE9E3B
secondary
#98B3DD
accent
#81EE3A
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6ED
border
#D7D0C8
text
#171109
muted
#85807B

Preview Lab

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#DE9E3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva