#DE8961#DE8961

#DE8961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8961
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(19, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 28.54, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 45.15, 50.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0825 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.118 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2303, 34.2878, 15.7537)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8961 #61B6DE

analogous

#DE6177 #DE8961 #DEC761

triadic

#DE8961 #61DE89 #8961DE

tetradic

#DE8961 #77DE61 #61B6DE #C761DE

square

#DE8961 #77DE61 #61B6DE #C761DE

split-complementary

#DE8961 #61DEC7 #6177DE

monochromatic

#A34B22 #D3632E #DE8961 #E9AF94 #F3D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DE8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8961

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8961	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac8e',
    500: '#de8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8961;
$custom-light: #ecac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8961

secondary

#B7D6E4

accent

#93CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8961

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

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