#DE8A41#DE8A41

#DE8A41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A41
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 25.93, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 57.32, 63.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0698 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.135 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1700, 34.0922, 9.4649)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A41 #4195DE

analogous

#DE4147 #DE8A41 #DED941

triadic

#DE8A41 #41DE8A #8A41DE

tetradic

#DE8A41 #47DE41 #4195DE #D941DE

square

#DE8A41 #47DE41 #4195DE #D941DE

split-complementary

#DE8A41 #41DED9 #4147DE

monochromatic

#8C4E18 #C06B21 #DE8A41 #E7AA75 #F0CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#DE8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#DE8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A41

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A41	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeac79',
    500: '#de8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a41;
$custom-light: #eeac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.898,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70817,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A41

secondary

#9DC0DE

accent

#9AED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A41

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

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