#DE8A5E#DE8A5E

#DE8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A5E
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 27.77, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 46.12, 52.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0797 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.119 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2359, 34.5185, 15.0785)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A5E #5EB2DE

analogous

#DE5E72 #DE8A5E #DECA5E

triadic

#DE8A5E #5EDE8A #8A5EDE

tetradic

#DE8A5E #72DE5E #5EB2DE #CA5EDE

square

#DE8A5E #72DE5E #5EB2DE #CA5EDE

split-complementary

#DE8A5E #5EDECA #5E72DE

monochromatic

#A14D21 #D3652B #DE8A5E #E8AF91 #F3D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DE8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DE8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A5E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A5E	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac8c',
    500: '#de8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a5e;
$custom-light: #ecac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.625,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71185,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A5E

secondary

#B4D3E4

accent

#8FCE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A5E

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

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