#DE8853#DE8853

#DE8853 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8853
RGB	rgb(222, 136, 83)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 28.05, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 50.42, 56.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0789 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.126 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4927, 33.7664, 12.5670)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8853 #53A9DE

analogous

#DE5363 #DE8853 #DECE53

triadic

#DE8853 #53DE88 #8853DE

tetradic

#DE8853 #63DE53 #53A9DE #CE53DE

square

#DE8853 #63DE53 #53A9DE #CE53DE

split-complementary

#DE8853 #53DECE #5363DE

monochromatic

#994D1D #CD6627 #DE8853 #E8AC86 #F2CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DE8853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#DE8853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8853

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8853	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0924E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 136, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edab85',
    500: '#de8853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8853;
$custom-light: #edab85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.878,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8853

secondary

#ACCDE1

accent

#A9EB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8853

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

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