#D96738#D96738

#D96738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.156 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96738
RGB	rgb(217, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 41.68, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 62.47, 48.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1163 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.156 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1827, 24.7420, 6.7163)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96738 #38AAD9

analogous

#D93859 #D96738 #D9B838

triadic

#D96738 #38D967 #6738D9

tetradic

#D96738 #59D938 #38AAD9 #B838D9

square

#D96738 #59D938 #38AAD9 #B838D9

split-complementary

#D96738 #38D9B8 #3859D9

monochromatic

#7E3618 #B24C22 #D96738 #E38E6B #EDB69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#D96738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#D96738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96738

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96738	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE4F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.156 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9571',
    500: '#d96738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96738;
$custom-light: #ec9571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.516,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64344,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96738

secondary

#94C5D9

accent

#B8EB3D

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96738

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

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