#DE8B3B#DE8B3B

#DE8B3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8B3B
RGB	rgb(222, 139, 59)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 25.11, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 59.60, 65.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0665 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.137 61)
XYZ	xyz(40.1495, 34.3146, 8.6458)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8B3B #3B8EDE

analogous

#DE3B3C #DE8B3B #DEDD3B

triadic

#DE8B3B #3BDE8B #8B3BDE

tetradic

#DE8B3B #3CDE3B #3B8EDE #DD3BDE

square

#DE8B3B #3CDE3B #3B8EDE #DD3BDE

split-complementary

#DE8B3B #3BDEDD #3B3CDE

monochromatic

#884E17 #BC6C20 #DE8B3B #E7AA6F #F0C9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DE8B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8B3B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8B3B	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 139, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eead75',
    500: '#de8b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8b3b;
$custom-light: #eead75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.448,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.34311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8B3B

secondary

#98BBDD

accent

#96EE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8B3B

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

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