#DE853B#DE853B

#DE853B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE853B
RGB	rgb(222, 133, 59)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 28.30, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 59.79, 61.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.076 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.14 57)
XYZ	xyz(39.3044, 32.6245, 8.3641)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE853B #3B94DE

analogous

#DE3B43 #DE853B #DED63B

triadic

#DE853B #3BDE85 #853BDE

tetradic

#DE853B #43DE3B #3B94DE #D63BDE

square

#DE853B #43DE3B #3B94DE #D63BDE

split-complementary

#DE853B #3BDED6 #3B43DE

monochromatic

#884A17 #BC6720 #DE853B #E7A66F #F0C6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#DE853B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#DE853B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE853B

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE853B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE853B	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de853b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 133, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eea975',
    500: '#de853b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de853b;
$custom-light: #eea975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de853b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.239,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.3262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE853B

secondary

#98BEDD

accent

#9CEE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181008

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE853B

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

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