#D96238#D96238

#D96238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.160 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96238
RGB	rgb(217, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 44.13, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 63.40, 45.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.1238 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.16 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7001, 23.7770, 6.5554)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96238 #38AFD9

analogous

#D9385E #D96238 #D9B238

triadic

#D96238 #38D962 #6238D9

tetradic

#D96238 #5ED938 #38AFD9 #B238D9

square

#D96238 #5ED938 #38AFD9 #B238D9

split-complementary

#D96238 #38D9B2 #385ED9

monochromatic

#7E3318 #B24722 #D96238 #E38B6B #EDB39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#D96238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#D96238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96238

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96238	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE4859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.160 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9271',
    500: '#d96238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96238;
$custom-light: #ec9271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96238

secondary

#94C7D9

accent

#BDEB3D

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96238

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

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