#DE8C4A#DE8C4A

#DE8C4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.129 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C4A
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 74)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 25.36, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 53.74, 61.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0695 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.129 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7414, 34.7841, 11.0456)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C4A #4A9CDE

analogous

#DE4A52 #DE8C4A #DED64A

triadic

#DE8C4A #4ADE8C #8C4ADE

tetradic

#DE8C4A #52DE4A #4A9CDE #D64ADE

square

#DE8C4A #52DE4A #4A9CDE #D64ADE

split-complementary

#DE8C4A #4ADED6 #4A52DE

monochromatic

#93501B #C76D24 #DE8C4A #E7AD7E #F1CEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#DE8C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C4A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C4A	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.129 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7f',
    500: '#de8c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c4a;
$custom-light: #edae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.757,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C4A

secondary

#A4C5DF

accent

#9DEC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C4A

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

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