#D96438#D96438

#D96438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.158 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96438
RGB	rgb(217, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 43.16, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 63.02, 46.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1209 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.158 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8896, 24.1559, 6.6186)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96438 #38ADD9

analogous

#D9385C #D96438 #D9B538

triadic

#D96438 #38D964 #6438D9

tetradic

#D96438 #5CD938 #38ADD9 #B538D9

square

#D96438 #5CD938 #38ADD9 #B538D9

split-complementary

#D96438 #38D9B5 #385CD9

monochromatic

#7E3418 #B24922 #D96438 #E38C6B #EDB49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#D96438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#D96438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96438

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96438	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE4B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.158 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9371',
    500: '#d96438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96438;
$custom-light: #ec9371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.398,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63903,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96438

secondary

#94C6D9

accent

#BBEB3D

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF1EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96438

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

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