#DE8A55#DE8A55

#DE8A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A55
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 27.12, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 49.51, 56.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0764 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.124 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8553, 34.3663, 13.0743)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A55 #55A9DE

analogous

#DE5564 #DE8A55 #DECF55

triadic

#DE8A55 #55DE8A #8A55DE

tetradic

#DE8A55 #64DE55 #55A9DE #CF55DE

square

#DE8A55 #64DE55 #55A9DE #CF55DE

split-complementary

#DE8A55 #55DECF #5564DE

monochromatic

#9B4E1E #CE6828 #DE8A55 #E8AD88 #F2D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#DE8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A55

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A55	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)

#A29350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac86',
    500: '#de8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a55;
$custom-light: #edac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.212,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71054,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A55

secondary

#ADCDE2

accent

#88CF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A55

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

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