#DE8959#DE8959

#DE8959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8959
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 27.93, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 48.07, 54.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0795 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.122 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8759, 34.1461, 13.8874)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8959 #59AEDE

analogous

#DE596B #DE8959 #DECB59

triadic

#DE8959 #59DE89 #8959DE

tetradic

#DE8959 #6BDE59 #59AEDE #CB59DE

square

#DE8959 #6BDE59 #59AEDE #CB59DE

split-complementary

#DE8959 #59DECB #596BDE

monochromatic

#9D4D1F #D06629 #DE8959 #E8AD8C #F2D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DE8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#DE8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8959

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8959	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac89',
    500: '#de8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8959;
$custom-light: #edac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.654,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8959

secondary

#B0D0E2

accent

#8CCF17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8959

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

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