#DE8556#DE8556

#DE8556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8556
RGB	rgb(222, 133, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 29.85, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 49.56, 52.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0848 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.126 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1944, 32.9805, 13.0514)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8556 #56AFDE

analogous

#DE566B #DE8556 #DEC956

triadic

#DE8556 #56DE85 #8556DE

tetradic

#DE8556 #6BDE56 #56AFDE #C956DE

square

#DE8556 #6BDE56 #56AFDE #C956DE

split-complementary

#DE8556 #56DEC9 #566BDE

monochromatic

#9B4A1E #CE6228 #DE8556 #E8AA89 #F2CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#DE8556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#DE8556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8556

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8556	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 133, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda987',
    500: '#de8556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8556;
$custom-light: #eda987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.735,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70204,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8556

secondary

#AED0E2

accent

#8FCF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8556

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

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