#DE8B3C#DE8B3C

#DE8B3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8B3C
RGB	rgb(222, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 73%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 25.16, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 59.23, 64.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0668 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.137 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1757, 34.3251, 8.7837)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8B3C #3C8FDE

analogous

#DE3C3E #DE8B3C #DEDC3C

triadic

#DE8B3C #3CDE8B #8B3CDE

tetradic

#DE8B3C #3EDE3C #3C8FDE #DC3CDE

square

#DE8B3C #3EDE3C #3C8FDE #DC3CDE

split-complementary

#DE8B3C #3CDEDC #3C3EDE

monochromatic

#884E17 #BD6C20 #DE8B3C #E7AA70 #F0C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DE8B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#DE8B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8B3C

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8B3C	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)

#A49332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eead76',
    500: '#de8b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8b3c;
$custom-light: #eead76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.259,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8B3C

secondary

#99BCDD

accent

#96EE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8B3C

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

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