#DE8B4D#DE8B4D

#DE8B4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8B4D
RGB	rgb(222, 139, 77)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 26.07, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 52.58, 60.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.072 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.128 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6994, 34.5346, 11.5421)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8B4D #4DA0DE

analogous

#DE4D57 #DE8B4D #DED34D

triadic

#DE8B4D #4DDE8B #8B4DDE

tetradic

#DE8B4D #57DE4D #4DA0DE #D34DDE

square

#DE8B4D #57DE4D #4DA0DE #D34DDE

split-complementary

#DE8B4D #4DDED3 #4D57DE

monochromatic

#95501C #C96B25 #DE8B4D #E8AD81 #F1CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DE8B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DE8B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8B4D

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8B4D	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 139, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad81',
    500: '#de8b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8b4d;
$custom-light: #edad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.655,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8B4D

secondary

#A7C8E0

accent

#A1EC3C

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8B4D

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

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