#DE8E4D#DE8E4D

#DE8E4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E4D
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 77)
HSL	hsl(27, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 24.47, 46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 52.50, 62.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0672 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.126 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1398, 35.4153, 11.6889)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E4D #4D9DDE

analogous

#DE4D54 #DE8E4D #DED74D

triadic

#DE8E4D #4DDE8E #8E4DDE

tetradic

#DE8E4D #54DE4D #4D9DDE #D74DDE

square

#DE8E4D #54DE4D #4D9DDE #D74DDE

split-complementary

#DE8E4D #4DDED7 #4D54DE

monochromatic

#95521C #C96E25 #DE8E4D #E8AF81 #F1D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DE8E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#DE8E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E4D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E4D	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf81',
    500: '#de8e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e4d;
$custom-light: #edaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71657,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E4D

secondary

#A7C6E0

accent

#9DEC3C

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E4D

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

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