#DE8A6B#DE8A6B

#DE8A6B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A6B
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 107)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 28.84, 30.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 41.65, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0847 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.112 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8691, 34.7718, 18.4136)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A6B #6BBFDE

analogous

#DE6B86 #DE8A6B #DEC46B

triadic

#DE8A6B #6BDE8A #8A6BDE

tetradic

#DE8A6B #86DE6B #6BBFDE #C46BDE

square

#DE8A6B #86DE6B #6BBFDE #C46BDE

split-complementary

#DE8A6B #6BDEC4 #6B86DE

monochromatic

#A94926 #D36239 #DE8A6B #E9B29D #F4D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#DE8A6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A6B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A6B	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad95',
    500: '#de8a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a6b;
$custom-light: #ecad95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.174,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A6B

secondary

#BFDCE6

accent

#9CCB1A

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A6B

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

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