#DE8E41#DE8E41

#DE8E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E41
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 23.80, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 57.27, 65.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0635 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.133 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7545, 35.2612, 9.6598)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E41 #4191DE

analogous

#DE4143 #DE8E41 #DEDD41

triadic

#DE8E41 #41DE8E #8E41DE

tetradic

#DE8E41 #43DE41 #4191DE #DD41DE

square

#DE8E41 #43DE41 #4191DE #DD41DE

split-complementary

#DE8E41 #41DEDD #4143DE

monochromatic

#8C5118 #C06F21 #DE8E41 #E7AD75 #F0CCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DE8E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DE8E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E41

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E41	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaf79',
    500: '#de8e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e41;
$custom-light: #eeaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.427,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71526,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E41

secondary

#9DBEDE

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E41

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

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