#DE8B59#DE8B59

#DE8B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8B59
RGB	rgb(222, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 26.87, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 47.91, 55.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0763 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.121 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1629, 34.7199, 13.9830)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8B59 #59ACDE

analogous

#DE5969 #DE8B59 #DECD59

triadic

#DE8B59 #59DE8B #8B59DE

tetradic

#DE8B59 #69DE59 #59ACDE #CD59DE

square

#DE8B59 #69DE59 #59ACDE #CD59DE

split-complementary

#DE8B59 #59DECD #5969DE

monochromatic

#9D4F1F #D06829 #DE8B59 #E8AF8C #F2D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#DE8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8B59

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8B59	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad89',
    500: '#de8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8b59;
$custom-light: #edad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.556,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71285,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8B59

secondary

#B0D0E2

accent

#8ACF17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8B59

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

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