#DE855E#DE855E

#DE855E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE855E
RGB	rgb(222, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(18, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 30.43, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 46.71, 49.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0878 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.122 44)
XYZ	xyz(40.5350, 33.1167, 14.8449)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE855E #5EB7DE

analogous

#DE5E77 #DE855E #DEC55E

triadic

#DE855E #5EDE85 #855EDE

tetradic

#DE855E #77DE5E #5EB7DE #C55EDE

square

#DE855E #77DE5E #5EB7DE #C55EDE

split-complementary

#DE855E #5EDEC5 #5E77DE

monochromatic

#A14821 #D35F2B #DE855E #E8AB91 #F3D2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#DE855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#DE855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE855E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE855E	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda98c',
    500: '#de855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de855e;
$custom-light: #eda98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.281,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.33113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE855E

secondary

#B4D5E4

accent

#96CE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE855E

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

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