#D36231#D36231

#D36231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.156 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D36231
RGB	rgb(211, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 76.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 41.57, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 63.25, 48.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1154 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.156 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7892, 22.8101, 5.6339)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D36231 #31A2D3

analogous

#D33151 #D36231 #D3B331

triadic

#D36231 #31D362 #6231D3

tetradic

#D36231 #51D331 #31A2D3 #B331D3

square

#D36231 #51D331 #31A2D3 #B331D3

split-complementary

#D36231 #31D3B3 #3151D3

monochromatic

#713318 #A44A23 #D36231 #DE8863 #E9AF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#D36231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#D36231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D36231

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D36231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D36231	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E74958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d36231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.156 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8916c',
    500: '#d36231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d36231;
$custom-light: #e8916c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d36231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.148,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D36231

secondary

#8CBED4

accent

#B5E840

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D36231

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

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