#DE8C44#DE8C44

#DE8C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C44
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 68)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 25.02, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 56.11, 63.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0675 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.132 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5488, 34.7070, 10.0314)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C44 #4496DE

analogous

#DE4449 #DE8C44 #DED944

triadic

#DE8C44 #44DE8C #8C44DE

tetradic

#DE8C44 #49DE44 #4496DE #D944DE

square

#DE8C44 #49DE44 #4496DE #D944DE

split-complementary

#DE8C44 #44DED9 #4449DE

monochromatic

#8E5019 #C26D22 #DE8C44 #E7AC78 #F0CCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#DE8C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C44

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C44	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)

#A5943C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeae7b',
    500: '#de8c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c44;
$custom-light: #eeae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.052,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C44

secondary

#9FC1DE

accent

#9AED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C44

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

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