#DE8863#DE8863

#DE8863 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8863
RGB	rgb(222, 136, 99)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 29.23, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 44.58, 49.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0848 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.117 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1832, 34.0426, 16.2039)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8863 #63B9DE

analogous

#DE637B #DE8863 #DEC563

triadic

#DE8863 #63DE88 #8863DE

tetradic

#DE8863 #7BDE63 #63B9DE #C563DE

square

#DE8863 #7BDE63 #63B9DE #C563DE

split-complementary

#DE8863 #63DEC5 #637BDE

monochromatic

#A44A23 #D36130 #DE8863 #E9AF96 #F3D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DE8863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#DE8863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8863

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8863	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 136, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecab90',
    500: '#de8863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8863;
$custom-light: #ecab90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.049,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70919,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8863

secondary

#B8D7E5

accent

#97CD19

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8863

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

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