#DE9F3B#DE9F3B

#DE9F3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE9F3B
RGB	rgb(222, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 14.40, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 60.56, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0349 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.135 75)
XYZ	xyz(43.3148, 40.6452, 9.7009)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE9F3B #3B7ADE

analogous

#DE4E3B #DE9F3B #CBDE3B

triadic

#DE9F3B #3BDE9F #9F3BDE

tetradic

#DE9F3B #3BDE4E #3B7ADE #DE3BCB

square

#DE9F3B #3BDE4E #3B7ADE #DE3BCB

split-complementary

#DE9F3B #3BCBDE #4E3BDE

monochromatic

#885C17 #BC8020 #DE9F3B #E7B96F #F0D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DE9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#DE9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE9F3B

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE9F3B	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb77',
    500: '#de9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de9f3b;
$custom-light: #edbb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.81,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74603,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.40642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE9F3B

secondary

#98B3DD

accent

#7FEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE9F3B

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

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