#DE843B#DE843B

#DE843B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.140 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE843B
RGB	rgb(222, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 28.83, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 59.84, 61.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0776 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.14 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1682, 32.3520, 8.3187)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE843B #3B95DE

analogous

#DE3B44 #DE843B #DED53B

triadic

#DE843B #3BDE84 #843BDE

tetradic

#DE843B #44DE3B #3B95DE #D53BDE

square

#DE843B #44DE3B #3B95DE #D53BDE

split-complementary

#DE843B #3BDED5 #3B44DE

monochromatic

#884917 #BC6620 #DE843B #E7A56F #F0C6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#DE843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#DE843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE843B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE843B	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.140 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eea875',
    500: '#de843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de843b;
$custom-light: #eea875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.871,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE843B

secondary

#98BEDD

accent

#9DEE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#180F08

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE843B

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

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