#DE873F#DE873F

#DE873F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE873F
RGB	rgb(222, 135, 63)
HSL	hsl(27, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 71.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 27.43, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 58.19, 61.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.074 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.137 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6886, 33.2205, 9.0237)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE873F #3F96DE

analogous

#DE3F46 #DE873F #DED73F

triadic

#DE873F #3FDE87 #873FDE

tetradic

#DE873F #46DE3F #3F96DE #D73FDE

square

#DE873F #46DE3F #3F96DE #D73FDE

split-complementary

#DE873F #3FDED7 #3F46DE

monochromatic

#8B4C18 #BF6821 #DE873F #E7A873 #F0C8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#DE873F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#DE873F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE873F

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE873F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE873F	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de873f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 135, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaa77',
    500: '#de873f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de873f;
$custom-light: #eeaa77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de873f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.17,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70273,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE873F

secondary

#9BC0DD

accent

#9CED3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE873F

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

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