#DE8E5E#DE8E5E

#DE8E5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.116 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE8E5E
RGB	rgb(222, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 25.64, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 45.79, 55.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0733 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.116 51)
XYZ	xyz(41.8204, 35.6875, 15.2734)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE8E5E #5EAEDE

analogous

#DE5E6E #DE8E5E #DECE5E

triadic

#DE8E5E #5EDE8E #8E5EDE

tetradic

#DE8E5E #6EDE5E #5EAEDE #CE5EDE

square

#DE8E5E #6EDE5E #5EAEDE #CE5EDE

split-complementary

#DE8E5E #5EDECE #5E6EDE

monochromatic

#A15121 #D36A2B #DE8E5E #E8B291 #F3D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#DE8E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#DE8E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DE8E5E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE8E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE8E5E	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de8e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.116 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf8c',
    500: '#de8e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de8e5e;
$custom-light: #ecaf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de8e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71886,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.35684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE8E5E

secondary

#B4D2E4

accent

#8ACE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE8E5E

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

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