#DE8A6E#DE8A6E

#DE8A6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A6E
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(15, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 29.11, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 40.71, 44.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0859 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.111 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0297, 34.8361, 19.2593)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A6E #6EC2DE

analogous

#DE6E8A #DE8A6E #DEC26E

triadic

#DE8A6E #6EDE8A #8A6EDE

tetradic

#DE8A6E #8ADE6E #6EC2DE #C26EDE

square

#DE8A6E #8ADE6E #6EC2DE #C26EDE

split-complementary

#DE8A6E #6EDEC2 #6E8ADE

monochromatic

#AB4827 #D3623C #DE8A6E #E9B2A0 #F5DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#DE8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A6E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A6E	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad98',
    500: '#de8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a6e;
$custom-light: #ecad98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A6E

secondary

#C1DDE7

accent

#9FCB1B

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100D

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A6E

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

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