#DE8A6D#DE8A6D

#DE8A6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A6D
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 109)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(15, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 29.02, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 41.02, 44.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0855 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.111 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9756, 34.8144, 18.9742)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A6D #6DC1DE

analogous

#DE6D89 #DE8A6D #DEC26D

triadic

#DE8A6D #6DDE8A #8A6DDE

tetradic

#DE8A6D #89DE6D #6DC1DE #C26DDE

square

#DE8A6D #89DE6D #6DC1DE #C26DDE

split-complementary

#DE8A6D #6DDEC2 #6D89DE

monochromatic

#AA4826 #D3623B #DE8A6D #E9B29F #F5DAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DE8A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A6D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A6D	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)

#9F956B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad97',
    500: '#de8a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a6d;
$custom-light: #ecad97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.398,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71439,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A6D

secondary

#C0DDE7

accent

#9ECB1B

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A6D

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

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