#DE8551#DE8551

#DE8551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8551
RGB	rgb(222, 133, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 29.51, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 51.42, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.083 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.129 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0000, 32.9027, 12.0273)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8551 #51AADE

analogous

#DE5164 #DE8551 #DECC51

triadic

#DE8551 #51DE85 #8551DE

tetradic

#DE8551 #64DE51 #51AADE #CC51DE

square

#DE8551 #64DE51 #51AADE #CC51DE

split-complementary

#DE8551 #51DECC #5164DE

monochromatic

#984A1D #CB6327 #DE8551 #E8A984 #F2CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#DE8551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#DE8551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8551

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8551	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 133, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda983',
    500: '#de8551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8551;
$custom-light: #eda983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.128,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70136,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8551

secondary

#AACDE1

accent

#ABEB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8551

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

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