#DE8A6C#DE8A6C

#DE8A6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A6C
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 108)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 51.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 28.93, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 41.33, 45.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0851 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.112 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9220, 34.7930, 18.6923)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A6C #6CC0DE

analogous

#DE6C87 #DE8A6C #DEC36C

triadic

#DE8A6C #6CDE8A #8A6CDE

tetradic

#DE8A6C #87DE6C #6CC0DE #C36CDE

square

#DE8A6C #87DE6C #6CC0DE #C36CDE

split-complementary

#DE8A6C #6CDEC3 #6C87DE

monochromatic

#AA4926 #D3623A #DE8A6C #E9B29E #F4DAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DE8A6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A6C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A6C	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad96',
    500: '#de8a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a6c;
$custom-light: #ecad96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71421,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A6C

secondary

#BFDCE6

accent

#9DCB1A

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A6C

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

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