#DE8951#DE8951

#DE8951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8951
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 27.39, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 51.12, 57.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0766 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.126 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5581, 34.0189, 12.2133)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8951 #51A6DE

analogous

#DE5160 #DE8951 #DED051

triadic

#DE8951 #51DE89 #8951DE

tetradic

#DE8951 #60DE51 #51A6DE #D051DE

square

#DE8951 #60DE51 #51A6DE #D051DE

split-complementary

#DE8951 #51DED0 #5160DE

monochromatic

#984E1D #CB6827 #DE8951 #E8AC84 #F2CFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DE8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#DE8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8951

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8951	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac83',
    500: '#de8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8951;
$custom-light: #edac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.83,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70826,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8951

secondary

#AACBE1

accent

#A6EB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8951

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

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