#DE8A5B#DE8A5B

#DE8A5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A5B
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 27.55, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 47.23, 54.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0786 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.12 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1039, 34.4657, 14.3833)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A5B #5BAFDE

analogous

#DE5B6E #DE8A5B #DECC5B

triadic

#DE8A5B #5BDE8A #8A5BDE

tetradic

#DE8A5B #6EDE5B #5BAFDE #CC5BDE

square

#DE8A5B #6EDE5B #5BAFDE #CC5BDE

split-complementary

#DE8A5B #5BDECC #5B6EDE

monochromatic

#9F4D20 #D2662A #DE8A5B #E8AE8E #F3D3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DE8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#DE8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A5B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A5B	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)

#A19357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edac8a',
    500: '#de8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a5b;
$custom-light: #edac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A5B

secondary

#B2D1E3

accent

#8DCE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A5B

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

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