#DE8B61#DE8B61

#DE8B61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8B61
RGB	rgb(222, 139, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 27.47, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 44.93, 52.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0792 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.116 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5172, 34.8617, 15.8494)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8B61 #61B4DE

analogous

#DE6175 #DE8B61 #DEC961

triadic

#DE8B61 #61DE8B #8B61DE

tetradic

#DE8B61 #75DE61 #61B4DE #C961DE

square

#DE8B61 #75DE61 #61B4DE #C961DE

split-complementary

#DE8B61 #61DEC9 #6175DE

monochromatic

#A34D22 #D3662E #DE8B61 #E9B094 #F3D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DE8B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#DE8B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8B61

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8B61	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1955D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 139, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad8e',
    500: '#de8b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8b61;
$custom-light: #ecad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.16,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71406,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8B61

secondary

#B7D5E4

accent

#90CD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8B61

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

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