#DE8965#DE8965

#DE8965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8965
RGB	rgb(222, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 28.86, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 43.77, 48.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.084 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.116 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4215, 34.3643, 16.7609)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8965 #65BADE

analogous

#DE657D #DE8965 #DEC565

triadic

#DE8965 #65DE89 #8965DE

tetradic

#DE8965 #7DDE65 #65BADE #C565DE

square

#DE8965 #7DDE65 #65BADE #C565DE

split-complementary

#DE8965 #65DEC5 #657DDE

monochromatic

#A54A23 #D36233 #DE8965 #E9B097 #F4D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#DE8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8965

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8965	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac91',
    500: '#de8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8965;
$custom-light: #ecac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.851,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71125,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8965

secondary

#BAD8E5

accent

#97CD19

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8965

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

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