#DE8A3B#DE8A3B

#DE8A3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A3B
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 25.64, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 59.62, 64.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0681 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.138 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0053, 34.0263, 8.5977)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A3B #3B8FDE

analogous

#DE3B3D #DE8A3B #DEDC3B

triadic

#DE8A3B #3BDE8A #8A3BDE

tetradic

#DE8A3B #3DDE3B #3B8FDE #DC3BDE

square

#DE8A3B #3DDE3B #3B8FDE #DC3BDE

split-complementary

#DE8A3B #3BDEDC #3B3DDE

monochromatic

#884E17 #BC6C20 #DE8A3B #E7A96F #F0C9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DE8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#DE8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A3B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A3B	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeac75',
    500: '#de8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a3b;
$custom-light: #eeac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.08,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7076,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A3B

secondary

#98BBDD

accent

#97EE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A3B

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

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