#DE8656#DE8656

#DE8656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8656
RGB	rgb(222, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 29.32, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 49.46, 53.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0832 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.125 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3320, 33.2556, 13.0972)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8656 #56AEDE

analogous

#DE566A #DE8656 #DECA56

triadic

#DE8656 #56DE86 #8656DE

tetradic

#DE8656 #6ADE56 #56AEDE #CA56DE

square

#DE8656 #6ADE56 #56AEDE #CA56DE

split-complementary

#DE8656 #56DECA #566ADE

monochromatic

#9B4A1E #CE6328 #DE8656 #E8AB89 #F2CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#DE8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#DE8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8656

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8656	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1757B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaa87',
    500: '#de8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8656;
$custom-light: #edaa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70376,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8656

secondary

#AED0E2

accent

#8ECF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8656

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

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