#DE8A61#DE8A61

#DE8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A61
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 28.01, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 45.04, 51.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0809 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.117 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3731, 34.5734, 15.8013)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A61 #61B5DE

analogous

#DE6176 #DE8A61 #DEC861

triadic

#DE8A61 #61DE8A #8A61DE

tetradic

#DE8A61 #76DE61 #61B5DE #C861DE

square

#DE8A61 #76DE61 #61B5DE #C861DE

split-complementary

#DE8A61 #61DEC8 #6176DE

monochromatic

#A34C22 #D3652E #DE8A61 #E9AF94 #F3D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DE8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A61

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A61	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad8e',
    500: '#de8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a61;
$custom-light: #ecad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.68,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A61

secondary

#B7D5E4

accent

#92CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A61

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

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