#DE8A51#DE8A51

#DE8A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A51
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 26.86, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 51.06, 58.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.075 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.126 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7009, 34.3045, 12.2609)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A51 #51A5DE

analogous

#DE515F #DE8A51 #DED051

triadic

#DE8A51 #51DE8A #8A51DE

tetradic

#DE8A51 #5FDE51 #51A5DE #D051DE

square

#DE8A51 #5FDE51 #51A5DE #D051DE

split-complementary

#DE8A51 #51DED0 #515FDE

monochromatic

#984F1D #CB6927 #DE8A51 #E8AD84 #F2CFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DE8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A51

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A51	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)

#A2934C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac83',
    500: '#de8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a51;
$custom-light: #edac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.255,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A51

secondary

#AACBE1

accent

#A5EB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A51

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

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