#DE873B#DE873B

#DE873B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.139 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE873B
RGB	rgb(222, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 27.24, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 59.70, 62.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0728 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.139 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5809, 33.1774, 8.4562)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE873B #3B92DE

analogous

#DE3B41 #DE873B #DED83B

triadic

#DE873B #3BDE87 #873BDE

tetradic

#DE873B #41DE3B #3B92DE #D83BDE

square

#DE873B #41DE3B #3B92DE #D83BDE

split-complementary

#DE873B #3BDED8 #3B41DE

monochromatic

#884B17 #BC6920 #DE873B #E7A76F #F0C7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#DE873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#DE873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE873B

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE873B	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.139 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaa75',
    500: '#de873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de873b;
$custom-light: #eeaa75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.975,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE873B

secondary

#98BDDD

accent

#9AEE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE873B

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

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