#D96138#D96138

#D96138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.161 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96138
RGB	rgb(217, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 44.62, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 63.59, 45.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1253 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.161 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6072, 23.5910, 6.5244)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96138 #38B0D9

analogous

#D9385F #D96138 #D9B238

triadic

#D96138 #38D961 #6138D9

tetradic

#D96138 #5FD938 #38B0D9 #B238D9

square

#D96138 #5FD938 #38B0D9 #B238D9

split-complementary

#D96138 #38D9B2 #385FD9

monochromatic

#7E3218 #B24722 #D96138 #E38A6B #EDB39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#D96138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#D96138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96138

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96138	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.161 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9171',
    500: '#d96138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96138;
$custom-light: #ec9171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.28,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63472,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96138

secondary

#94C7D9

accent

#BFEB3D

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96138

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

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