#D96837#D96837

#D96837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.155 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96837
RGB	rgb(217, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 41.14, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 62.63, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1145 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.155 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2585, 24.9325, 6.6221)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96837 #37A8D9

analogous

#D93757 #D96837 #D9B937

triadic

#D96837 #37D968 #6837D9

tetradic

#D96837 #57D937 #37A8D9 #B937D9

square

#D96837 #57D937 #37A8D9 #B937D9

split-complementary

#D96837 #37D9B9 #3757D9

monochromatic

#7E3718 #B14D22 #D96837 #E38F6A #EDB69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#D96837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#D96837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96837

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96837	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.155 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9570',
    500: '#d96837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96837;
$custom-light: #ec9570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.148,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64483,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96837

secondary

#93C4D9

accent

#B6EB3D

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FFF2EC

border

#D7CCC7

text

#180D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96837

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

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