#D96D3E#D96D3E

#D96D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.149 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96D3E
RGB	rgb(217, 109, 62)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 38.94, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 59.40, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.109 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.149 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9567, 26.0410, 7.7421)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96D3E #3EAAD9

analogous

#D93E5C #D96D3E #D9BB3E

triadic

#D96D3E #3ED96D #6D3ED9

tetradic

#D96D3E #5CD93E #3EAAD9 #BB3ED9

square

#D96D3E #5CD93E #3EAAD9 #BB3ED9

split-complementary

#D96D3E #3ED9BB #3E5CD9

monochromatic

#833A1A #B65024 #D96D3E #E39471 #EDBAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#D96D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#D96D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96D3E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96D3E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 109, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.149 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9975',
    500: '#d96d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96d3e;
$custom-light: #eb9975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.194,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65319,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96D3E

secondary

#99C6DA

accent

#B6EA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#180E08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96D3E

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

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