#DE8A59#DE8A59

#DE8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A59
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 27.40, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 47.98, 55.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0779 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.121 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0187, 34.4317, 13.9350)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A59 #59ADDE

analogous

#DE596A #DE8A59 #DECC59

triadic

#DE8A59 #59DE8A #8A59DE

tetradic

#DE8A59 #6ADE59 #59ADDE #CC59DE

square

#DE8A59 #6ADE59 #59ADDE #CC59DE

split-complementary

#DE8A59 #59DECC #596ADE

monochromatic

#9D4E1F #D06729 #DE8A59 #E8AE8C #F2D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DE8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#DE8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A59

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A59	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac89',
    500: '#de8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a59;
$custom-light: #edac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A59

secondary

#B0D0E2

accent

#8BCF17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A59

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

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