#DE8040#DE8040

#DE8040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.140 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8040
RGB	rgb(222, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 31.18, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 58.25, 57.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0854 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.14 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7721, 31.3423, 8.8573)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8040 #409EDE

analogous

#DE404F #DE8040 #DECF40

triadic

#DE8040 #40DE80 #8040DE

tetradic

#DE8040 #4FDE40 #409EDE #CF40DE

square

#DE8040 #4FDE40 #409EDE #CF40DE

split-complementary

#DE8040 #40DECF #404FDE

monochromatic

#8B4718 #C06121 #DE8040 #E7A374 #F0C5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#DE8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#DE8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8040

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8040	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F26C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.140 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eea578',
    500: '#de8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8040;
$custom-light: #eea578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.304,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69085,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8040

secondary

#9CC3DE

accent

#A5ED3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#180F09

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8040

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

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