#DE8A4E#DE8A4E

#DE8A4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A4E
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(25, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 26.66, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 52.23, 59.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.074 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.128 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5909, 34.2605, 11.6815)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A4E #4EA2DE

analogous

#DE4E5A #DE8A4E #DED24E

triadic

#DE8A4E #4EDE8A #8A4EDE

tetradic

#DE8A4E #5ADE4E #4EA2DE #D24EDE

square

#DE8A4E #5ADE4E #4EA2DE #D24EDE

split-complementary

#DE8A4E #4EDED2 #4E5ADE

monochromatic

#964F1C #C96A26 #DE8A4E #E8AC82 #F1CEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DE8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A4E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A4E	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2797C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac81',
    500: '#de8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a4e;
$custom-light: #edac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A4E

secondary

#A8C9E0

accent

#A2EB3C

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A4E

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

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