#DE8A65#DE8A65

#DE8A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.115 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A65
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 28.33, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 43.63, 49.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0824 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.115 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5643, 34.6499, 16.8085)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A65 #65B9DE

analogous

#DE657C #DE8A65 #DEC665

triadic

#DE8A65 #65DE8A #8A65DE

tetradic

#DE8A65 #7CDE65 #65B9DE #C665DE

square

#DE8A65 #7CDE65 #65B9DE #C665DE

split-complementary

#DE8A65 #65DEC6 #657CDE

monochromatic

#A54B23 #D36433 #DE8A65 #E9B097 #F4D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DE8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A65

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A65	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.115 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad91',
    500: '#de8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a65;
$custom-light: #ecad91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.347,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A65

secondary

#BAD8E5

accent

#96CD19

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A65

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

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