#DE8C41#DE8C41

#DE8C41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.134 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C41
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 65)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 24.87, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 57.28, 64.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0666 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.134 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4596, 34.6714, 9.5615)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C41 #4193DE

analogous

#DE4145 #DE8C41 #DEDA41

triadic

#DE8C41 #41DE8C #8C41DE

tetradic

#DE8C41 #45DE41 #4193DE #DA41DE

square

#DE8C41 #45DE41 #4193DE #DA41DE

split-complementary

#DE8C41 #41DEDA #4145DE

monochromatic

#8C5018 #C06D21 #DE8C41 #E7AC75 #F0CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DE8C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DE8C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C41

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C41	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)

#A59438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.134 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeae79',
    500: '#de8c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c41;
$custom-light: #eeae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.662,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7117,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C41

secondary

#9DBFDE

accent

#98ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C41

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

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