#DE8C49#DE8C49

#DE8C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.129 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C49
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 25.30, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 54.13, 62.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0691 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.129 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7080, 34.7707, 10.8696)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C49 #499BDE

analogous

#DE4950 #DE8C49 #DED649

triadic

#DE8C49 #49DE8C #8C49DE

tetradic

#DE8C49 #50DE49 #499BDE #D649DE

square

#DE8C49 #50DE49 #499BDE #D649DE

split-complementary

#DE8C49 #49DED6 #4950DE

monochromatic

#92501A #C66D24 #DE8C49 #E7AD7D #F1CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#DE8C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C49

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C49	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.129 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7e',
    500: '#de8c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c49;
$custom-light: #edae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.98,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71255,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C49

secondary

#A4C4DF

accent

#9DEC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C49

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

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