#DE8953#DE8953

#DE8953 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8953
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 83)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 27.52, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 50.35, 56.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0773 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.125 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6342, 34.0494, 12.6141)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8953 #53A8DE

analogous

#DE5363 #DE8953 #DECE53

triadic

#DE8953 #53DE89 #8953DE

tetradic

#DE8953 #63DE53 #53A8DE #CE53DE

square

#DE8953 #63DE53 #53A8DE #CE53DE

split-complementary

#DE8953 #53DECE #5363DE

monochromatic

#994D1D #CD6727 #DE8953 #E8AC86 #F2CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DE8953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#DE8953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8953

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8953	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)

#A1924E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac85',
    500: '#de8953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8953;
$custom-light: #edac85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.309,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8953

secondary

#ACCCE1

accent

#A7EB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8953

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

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