#DE8C4F#DE8C4F

#DE8C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8C4F
RGB	rgb(222, 140, 79)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 25.66, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 51.75, 60.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0711 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.126 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9166, 34.8542, 11.9683)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8C4F #4FA1DE

analogous

#DE4F5A #DE8C4F #DED34F

triadic

#DE8C4F #4FDE8C #8C4FDE

tetradic

#DE8C4F #5ADE4F #4FA1DE #D34FDE

square

#DE8C4F #5ADE4F #4FA1DE #D34FDE

split-complementary

#DE8C4F #4FDED3 #4F5ADE

monochromatic

#96501C #CA6C26 #DE8C4F #E8AE83 #F1CFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#DE8C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#DE8C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8C4F

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8C4F	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#A49449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 140, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae82',
    500: '#de8c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8c4f;
$custom-light: #edae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.594,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71327,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8C4F

secondary

#A8C9E0

accent

#A1EB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8C4F

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

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