#DE8A57#DE8A57

#DE8A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A57
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 27.26, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 48.74, 56.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0771 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.123 51)
XYZ	xyz(40.9359, 34.3985, 13.4987)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A57 #57ABDE

analogous

#DE5767 #DE8A57 #DECE57

triadic

#DE8A57 #57DE8A #8A57DE

tetradic

#DE8A57 #67DE57 #57ABDE #CE57DE

square

#DE8A57 #67DE57 #57ABDE #CE57DE

split-complementary

#DE8A57 #57DECE #5767DE

monochromatic

#9C4E1F #CF6829 #DE8A57 #E8AE8A #F2D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DE8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A57

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A57	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)

#A29352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac87',
    500: '#de8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a57;
$custom-light: #edac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71082,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.34395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A57

secondary

#AFCFE2

accent

#89CF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A57

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

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