#DE8251#DE8251

#DE8251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8251
RGB	rgb(222, 130, 81)
HSL	hsl(21, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 31.10, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 51.72, 53.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0878 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.13 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5951, 32.0930, 11.8923)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8251 #51ADDE

analogous

#DE5167 #DE8251 #DEC951

triadic

#DE8251 #51DE82 #8251DE

tetradic

#DE8251 #67DE51 #51ADDE #C951DE

square

#DE8251 #67DE51 #51ADDE #C951DE

split-complementary

#DE8251 #51DEC9 #5167DE

monochromatic

#98481D #CB6027 #DE8251 #E8A784 #F2CCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#DE8251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#DE8251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8251

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8251	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 130, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda783',
    500: '#de8251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8251;
$custom-light: #eda783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.851,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69626,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8251

secondary

#AACEE1

accent

#AEEB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#170F0B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8251

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

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