#DE8856#DE8856

#DE8856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8856
RGB	rgb(222, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 28.25, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 49.28, 55.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.08 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.124 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6110, 33.8137, 13.1902)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8856 #56ACDE

analogous

#DE5668 #DE8856 #DECC56

triadic

#DE8856 #56DE88 #8856DE

tetradic

#DE8856 #68DE56 #56ACDE #CC56DE

square

#DE8856 #68DE56 #56ACDE #CC56DE

split-complementary

#DE8856 #56DECC #5668DE

monochromatic

#9B4C1E #CE6528 #DE8856 #E8AC89 #F2D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DE8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#DE8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8856

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8856	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)

#A09251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edab87',
    500: '#de8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8856;
$custom-light: #edab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7072,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8856

secondary

#AECFE2

accent

#8BCF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8856

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

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