#DE8E49#DE8E49

#DE8E49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E49
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 24.23, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 54.10, 63.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0659 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.129 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0029, 35.3605, 10.9679)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E49 #4999DE

analogous

#DE494F #DE8E49 #DED849

triadic

#DE8E49 #49DE8E #8E49DE

tetradic

#DE8E49 #4FDE49 #4999DE #D849DE

square

#DE8E49 #4FDE49 #4999DE #D849DE

split-complementary

#DE8E49 #49DED8 #494FDE

monochromatic

#92521A #C66F24 #DE8E49 #E7AE7D #F1CEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DE8E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#DE8E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E49

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E49	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf7e',
    500: '#de8e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e49;
$custom-light: #edaf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.785,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7161,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E49

secondary

#A4C4DF

accent

#9AEC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E49

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

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