#D96A42#D96A42

#D96A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.150 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96A42
RGB	rgb(217, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 40.66, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 58.58, 46.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.1149 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.15 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7559, 25.4574, 8.2367)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96A42 #42B1D9

analogous

#D94265 #D96A42 #D9B542

triadic

#D96A42 #42D96A #6A42D9

tetradic

#D96A42 #65D942 #42B1D9 #B542D9

square

#D96A42 #65D942 #42B1D9 #B542D9

split-complementary

#D96A42 #42D9B5 #4265D9

monochromatic

#86371B #B94C25 #D96A42 #E39275 #EDBAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#D96A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#D96A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96A42

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96A42	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.150 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9778',
    500: '#d96a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96a42;
$custom-light: #eb9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.894,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96A42

secondary

#9CCADB

accent

#BCE93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96A42

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

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