#DE8941#DE8941

#DE8941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.135 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8941
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 65)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 26.47, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 57.35, 62.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0714 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.135 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0272, 33.8066, 9.4173)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8941 #4196DE

analogous

#DE4148 #DE8941 #DED841

triadic

#DE8941 #41DE89 #8941DE

tetradic

#DE8941 #48DE41 #4196DE #D841DE

square

#DE8941 #48DE41 #4196DE #D841DE

split-complementary

#DE8941 #41DED8 #4148DE

monochromatic

#8C4E18 #C06A21 #DE8941 #E7A975 #F0CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#DE8941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#DE8941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8941

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8941	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)

#A29239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.135 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeac79',
    500: '#de8941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8941;
$custom-light: #eeac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.516,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8941

secondary

#9DC0DE

accent

#9BED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8941

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

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