#DE8E57#DE8E57

#DE8E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E57
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 25.12, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 48.51, 58.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0707 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.12 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5204, 35.5675, 13.6935)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E57 #57A7DE

analogous

#DE5764 #DE8E57 #DED157

triadic

#DE8E57 #57DE8E #8E57DE

tetradic

#DE8E57 #64DE57 #57A7DE #D157DE

square

#DE8E57 #64DE57 #57A7DE #D157DE

split-complementary

#DE8E57 #57DED1 #5764DE

monochromatic

#9C521F #CF6C29 #DE8E57 #E8B08A #F2D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#DE8E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#DE8E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E57

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E57	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaf88',
    500: '#de8e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e57;
$custom-light: #edaf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E57

secondary

#AFCDE2

accent

#84CF16

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E57

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

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