#DE8A74#DE8A74

#DE8A74 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8A74
RGB	rgb(222, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 29.68, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 38.99, 40.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0882 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.108 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3675, 34.9712, 21.0384)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8A74 #74C8DE

analogous

#DE7493 #DE8A74 #DEBF74

triadic

#DE8A74 #74DE8A #8A74DE

tetradic

#DE8A74 #93DE74 #74C8DE #BF74DE

square

#DE8A74 #93DE74 #74C8DE #BF74DE

split-complementary

#DE8A74 #74DEBF #7493DE

monochromatic

#AE4529 #D26043 #DE8A74 #EAB4A5 #F5DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DE8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#DE8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8A74

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8A74	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebad9c',
    500: '#de8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8a74;
$custom-light: #ebad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.453,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8A74

secondary

#C6E1E8

accent

#A5C91C

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#17100E

muted

#857F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8A74

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

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