#DE8E42#DE8E42

#DE8E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.133 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E42
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 23.85, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 56.88, 65.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0638 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.133 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7837, 35.2728, 9.8137)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E42 #4292DE

analogous

#DE4244 #DE8E42 #DEDC42

triadic

#DE8E42 #42DE8E #8E42DE

tetradic

#DE8E42 #44DE42 #4292DE #DC42DE

square

#DE8E42 #44DE42 #4292DE #DC42DE

split-complementary

#DE8E42 #42DEDC #4244DE

monochromatic

#8D5119 #C16F22 #DE8E42 #E7AD76 #F0CCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DE8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#DE8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E42

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E42	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)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.133 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eeaf7a',
    500: '#de8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e42;
$custom-light: #eeaf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71536,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E42

secondary

#9EBFDE

accent

#96ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E42

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

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