#DE8A62#DE8A62

#DE8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A62
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(19, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 28.09, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 44.68, 51.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0812 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.117 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4200, 34.5922, 16.0485)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A62 #62B6DE

analogous

#DE6278 #DE8A62 #DEC862

triadic

#DE8A62 #62DE8A #8A62DE

tetradic

#DE8A62 #78DE62 #62B6DE #C862DE

square

#DE8A62 #78DE62 #62B6DE #C862DE

split-complementary

#DE8A62 #62DEC8 #6278DE

monochromatic

#A34C22 #D3642F #DE8A62 #E9B095 #F3D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#DE8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A62

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A62	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0945F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad8f',
    500: '#de8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a62;
$custom-light: #ecad8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.355,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71249,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A62

secondary

#B7D6E4

accent

#93CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A62

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

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