#DE8A56#DE8A56

#DE8A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A56
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 27.19, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 49.13, 56.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0768 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.123 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8953, 34.3823, 13.2850)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A56 #56AADE

analogous

#DE5666 #DE8A56 #DECE56

triadic

#DE8A56 #56DE8A #8A56DE

tetradic

#DE8A56 #66DE56 #56AADE #CE56DE

square

#DE8A56 #66DE56 #56AADE #CE56DE

split-complementary

#DE8A56 #56DECE #5666DE

monochromatic

#9B4E1E #CE6828 #DE8A56 #E8AD89 #F2D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DE8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A56

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A56	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac87',
    500: '#de8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a56;
$custom-light: #edac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71068,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A56

secondary

#AECEE2

accent

#89CF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A56

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

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