#DE8E44#DE8E44

#DE8E44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E44
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(29, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 23.95, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 56.09, 64.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0644 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.132 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8437, 35.2968, 10.1297)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E44 #4494DE

analogous

#DE4447 #DE8E44 #DEDB44

triadic

#DE8E44 #44DE8E #8E44DE

tetradic

#DE8E44 #47DE44 #4494DE #DB44DE

square

#DE8E44 #47DE44 #4494DE #DB44DE

split-complementary

#DE8E44 #44DEDB #4447DE

monochromatic

#8E5219 #C26F22 #DE8E44 #E7AD78 #F0CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DE8E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#DE8E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E44

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E44	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7953C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf7b',
    500: '#de8e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e44;
$custom-light: #edaf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.831,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71556,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E44

secondary

#9FC0DE

accent

#97ED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#171009

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E44

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

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