#D96C40#D96C40

#D96C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.149 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96C40
RGB	rgb(217, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 39.55, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 58.89, 47.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.1112 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.149 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9065, 25.8512, 8.0011)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96C40 #40ADD9

analogous

#D94060 #D96C40 #D9B940

triadic

#D96C40 #40D96C #6C40D9

tetradic

#D96C40 #60D940 #40ADD9 #B940D9

square

#D96C40 #60D940 #40ADD9 #B940D9

split-complementary

#D96C40 #40D9B9 #4060D9

monochromatic

#84391A #B74F24 #D96C40 #E39373 #EDBBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#D96C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#D96C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96C40

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96C40	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.149 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9877',
    500: '#d96c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96c40;
$custom-light: #eb9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.255,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65188,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96C40

secondary

#9AC8DA

accent

#B8EA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96C40

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

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