#DE8C4E#DE8C4E

#DE8C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C4E
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 25.60, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 52.15, 60.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0708 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.127 56)
XYZ	xyz(40.8804, 34.8397, 11.7780)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C4E #4EA0DE

analogous

#DE4E58 #DE8C4E #DED44E

triadic

#DE8C4E #4EDE8C #8C4EDE

tetradic

#DE8C4E #58DE4E #4EA0DE #D44EDE

square

#DE8C4E #58DE4E #4EA0DE #D44EDE

split-complementary

#DE8C4E #4EDED4 #4E58DE

monochromatic

#96501C #C96C26 #DE8C4E #E8AE82 #F1CFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#DE8C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#DE8C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C4E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C4E	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae81',
    500: '#de8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c4e;
$custom-light: #edae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71314,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.34836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C4E

secondary

#A8C8E0

accent

#A0EB3C

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C4E

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