#DE8D62#DE8D62

#DE8D62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.115 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8D62
RGB	rgb(222, 141, 98)
HSL	hsl(21, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 26.49, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 44.37, 53.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0764 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.115 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8564, 35.4649, 16.1939)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8D62 #62B3DE

analogous

#DE6275 #DE8D62 #DECB62

triadic

#DE8D62 #62DE8D #8D62DE

tetradic

#DE8D62 #75DE62 #62B3DE #CB62DE

square

#DE8D62 #75DE62 #62B3DE #CB62DE

split-complementary

#DE8D62 #62DECB #6275DE

monochromatic

#A34F22 #D3682F #DE8D62 #E9B295 #F3D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DE8D62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#DE8D62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8D62

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8D62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8D62	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8d62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 141, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.115 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf8f',
    500: '#de8d62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8d62;
$custom-light: #ecaf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8d62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.806,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8D62

secondary

#B7D5E4

accent

#8ECD18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8D62

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

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