#DE8955#DE8955

#DE8955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8955
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 27.65, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 49.58, 56.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.078 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.124 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7125, 34.0807, 13.0267)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8955 #55AADE

analogous

#DE5565 #DE8955 #DECE55

triadic

#DE8955 #55DE89 #8955DE

tetradic

#DE8955 #65DE55 #55AADE #CE55DE

square

#DE8955 #65DE55 #55AADE #CE55DE

split-complementary

#DE8955 #55DECE #5565DE

monochromatic

#9B4D1E #CE6728 #DE8955 #E8AD88 #F2D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DE8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#DE8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8955

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8955	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac86',
    500: '#de8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8955;
$custom-light: #edac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.774,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8955

secondary

#ADCEE2

accent

#89CF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8955

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

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