#DE8C3F#DE8C3F

#DE8C3F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C3F
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 63)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 71.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 24.77, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 58.06, 64.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.066 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.135 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4027, 34.6486, 9.2617)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C3F #3F91DE

analogous

#DE3F41 #DE8C3F #DEDC3F

triadic

#DE8C3F #3FDE8C #8C3FDE

tetradic

#DE8C3F #41DE3F #3F91DE #DC3FDE

square

#DE8C3F #41DE3F #3F91DE #DC3FDE

split-complementary

#DE8C3F #3FDEDC #3F41DE

monochromatic

#8B4F18 #BF6D21 #DE8C3F #E7AB73 #F0CBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DE8C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C3F

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C3F	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeae78',
    500: '#de8c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c3f;
$custom-light: #eeae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.057,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71151,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C3F

secondary

#9BBDDD

accent

#97ED3A

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C3F

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

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