#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
RGBrgb(222, 142, 66)
HSLhsl(29, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(29, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.96, 23.85, 51.64)
CIE-LCHlch(65.96, 56.88, 65.21°)
OKLaboklab(71.54% 0.0638 0.1164)
OKLCHoklch(71.54% 0.133 61.3)
XYZxyz(40.7837, 35.2728, 9.8137)
Luminance0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##DE8E421.002.618.058.05
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0521.001.001.00
##0000008.0521.001.001.00

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

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#DE8E42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva