#DE8957#DE8957

#DE8957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8957
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 27.79, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 48.82, 55.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0788 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.123 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7931, 34.1129, 13.4511)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8957 #57ACDE

analogous

#DE5768 #DE8957 #DECC57

triadic

#DE8957 #57DE89 #8957DE

tetradic

#DE8957 #68DE57 #57ACDE #CC57DE

square

#DE8957 #68DE57 #57ACDE #CC57DE

split-complementary

#DE8957 #57DECC #5768DE

monochromatic

#9C4D1F #CF6629 #DE8957 #E8AD8A #F2D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DE8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#DE8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8957

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8957	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#A19352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac87',
    500: '#de8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8957;
$custom-light: #edac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8957

secondary

#AFCFE2

accent

#8BCF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8957

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

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