#DE8E50#DE8E50

#DE8E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DE8E50
RGBrgb(222, 142, 80)
HSLhsl(26, 68%, 59%)
HSVhsv(26, 64%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.10, 24.65, 44.98)
CIE-LCHlch(66.10, 51.30, 61.27°)
OKLaboklab(71.69% 0.0683 0.1043)
OKLCHoklch(71.69% 0.125 56.8)
XYZxyz(41.2481, 35.4586, 12.2597)
Luminance0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DE8E50 #50A0DE
analogous
#DE5059 #DE8E50 #DED550
triadic
#DE8E50 #50DE8E #8E50DE
tetradic
#DE8E50 #59DE50 #50A0DE #D550DE
square
#DE8E50 #59DE50 #50A0DE #D550DE
split-complementary
#DE8E50 #50DED5 #5059DE
monochromatic
#97521C #CB6E26 #DE8E50 #E8AF83 #F1D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#DE8E50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09
#DE8E50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E50
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DE8E50#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DE8E501.002.608.098.09
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0921.001.001.00
##0000008.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6964A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A850
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F17D80
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #de8e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 56.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf83',
    500: '#de8e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #de8e50;
$custom-light: #edaf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#de8e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DE8E50
secondary
#A9C8E1
accent
#9FEB3D
background
#FFFAF8
surface
#FEF4EF
border
#D6CECA
text
#17100B
muted
#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E50

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#DE8E50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva