#DE8E4A#DE8E4A

#DE8E4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E4A
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 24.29, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 53.70, 63.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0663 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.128 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0363, 35.3739, 11.1439)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E4A #4A9ADE

analogous

#DE4A50 #DE8E4A #DED84A

triadic

#DE8E4A #4ADE8E #8E4ADE

tetradic

#DE8E4A #50DE4A #4A9ADE #D84ADE

square

#DE8E4A #50DE4A #4A9ADE #D84ADE

split-complementary

#DE8E4A #4ADED8 #4A50DE

monochromatic

#93521B #C76F24 #DE8E4A #E7AE7E #F1CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DE8E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#DE8E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E4A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E4A	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)

#A69643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F27D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf7f',
    500: '#de8e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e4a;
$custom-light: #edaf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.568,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E4A

secondary

#A4C4DF

accent

#9BEC3C

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E4A

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