#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
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 64%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 24.65, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 51.30, 61.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0683 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.125 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2481, 35.4586, 12.2597)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##DE8E50	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →