#DE8C3B#DE8C3B

#DE8C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C3B
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 59)
HSL	hsl(30, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 24.58, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 59.59, 65.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0649 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.137 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2949, 34.6055, 8.6942)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C3B #3B8DDE

analogous

#DE3B3B #DE8C3B #DEDE3B

triadic

#DE8C3B #3BDE8C #8C3BDE

tetradic

#DE8C3B #3BDE3B #3B8DDE #DE3BDE

square

#DE8C3B #3BDE3B #3B8DDE #DE3BDE

split-complementary

#DE8C3B #3BDEDE #3B3BDE

monochromatic

#884F17 #BC6D20 #DE8C3B #E7AB6F #F0C9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#DE8C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C3B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C3B	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeae75',
    500: '#de8c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c3b;
$custom-light: #eeae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.816,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C3B

secondary

#98BBDD

accent

#94EE3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C3B

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

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