#DE8855#DE8855

#DE8855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8855
RGB	rgb(222, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 28.19, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 49.66, 55.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0796 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.125 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5710, 33.7977, 12.9795)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8855 #55ABDE

analogous

#DE5566 #DE8855 #DECD55

triadic

#DE8855 #55DE88 #8855DE

tetradic

#DE8855 #66DE55 #55ABDE #CD55DE

square

#DE8855 #66DE55 #55ABDE #CD55DE

split-complementary

#DE8855 #55DECD #5566DE

monochromatic

#9B4C1E #CE6628 #DE8855 #E8AC88 #F2D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DE8855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#DE8855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8855

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8855	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edab86',
    500: '#de8855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8855;
$custom-light: #edab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.336,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70706,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8855

secondary

#ADCEE2

accent

#8ACF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8855

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

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