#DE8D49#DE8D49

#DE8D49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8D49
RGB	rgb(222, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 24.76, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 54.11, 62.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0675 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.129 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8547, 35.0643, 10.9185)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8D49 #499ADE

analogous

#DE494F #DE8D49 #DED849

triadic

#DE8D49 #49DE8D #8D49DE

tetradic

#DE8D49 #4FDE49 #499ADE #D849DE

square

#DE8D49 #4FDE49 #499ADE #D849DE

split-complementary

#DE8D49 #49DED8 #494FDE

monochromatic

#92511A #C66E24 #DE8D49 #E7AD7D #F1CEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#DE8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#DE8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8D49

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8D49	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edae7e',
    500: '#de8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8d49;
$custom-light: #edae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.383,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71432,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8D49

secondary

#A4C4DF

accent

#9CEC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8D49

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

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