#DE7708

sRGB · 222 / 119 / 8

#DE7708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 119 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 31.1° lands in the orange region. Its 93.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 119, 8
HSL: 31.12°, 93.04%, 45.10%
HSV / HSB: 31.12°, 96.40%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 46.40%, 96.40%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.764, 28.743, 3.842
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 60.554, 34.331, 66.397
WCAG relative luminance: 0.28741
24-bit decimal: 14579464

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DE7708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 6.75:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.11:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#086FDE sits half a turn (180°) from #DE7708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DE7708 #086FDE

Analogous

#DE0C08 and #DADE08 sit 30° to either side of #DE7708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DE0C08 #DE7708 #DADE08

Triadic

#DE7708, #08DE77 and #7708DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DE7708 #08DE77 #7708DE

Split complementary

Start at #DE7708 and look across the wheel. #08DADE and #0C08DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DE7708 #08DADE #0C08DE

Square

Starting with #DE7708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08DE0C, #086FDE, then #DE08DA. Across the square, #DE7708 pairs with #086FDE, and #08DE0C with #DE08DA.

#DE7708 #08DE0C #086FDE #DE08DA

Tetradic

#DE7708 and #086FDE are opposites, as are #6FDE08 and #7708DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DE7708 #6FDE08 #086FDE #7708DE

Tints

Mixing #DE7708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E59239, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8E4CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#DE7708 #E59239 #EBAD6B #F2C99C #F8E4CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DE7708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B25F06, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C1802, the mixture is 80% black.

#DE7708 #B25F06 #854705 #593003 #2C1802 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DE7708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CB7920, keeps 80% of the original. By #937E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DE7708 #CB7920 #B87B38 #A67C50 #937E68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DE7708

RGB

rgb(222 119 8)

HSL

hsl(31.121 93.043% 45.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DE7708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DE7708 uses 222 red, 119 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 46.7%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DE7708 is 0.0% cyan, 46.4% magenta, 96.4% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 46.4%

Yellow 96.4%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD7700. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D70 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DE7708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DD7700 Nearest web-safe · #CC6600

Gradient to complement

#DE7708 #BA762C #97744F #737373 #4F7297 #2C70BA #086FDE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DE7708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#968400

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#AF9B05

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F45F66

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B58200

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BD9000

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E07341

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#929292

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BD856A

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73046 G 0.18447 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.81728 G 0.48744 B 0.18297

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.63353 G 0.20260 B 0.02804

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.530 y 0.414 Y 28.743

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.941 M % 53.333 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011110 01110111 00001000