#D96D40#D96D40

#D96D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.148 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96D40
RGB	rgb(217, 109, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 39.04, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 58.72, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.1097 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.148 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0126, 26.0634, 8.0364)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96D40 #40ACD9

analogous

#D94060 #D96D40 #D9B940

triadic

#D96D40 #40D96D #6D40D9

tetradic

#D96D40 #60D940 #40ACD9 #B940D9

square

#D96D40 #60D940 #40ACD9 #B940D9

split-complementary

#D96D40 #40D9B9 #4060D9

monochromatic

#84391A #B75024 #D96D40 #E39473 #EDBBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#D96D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#D96D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96D40

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96D40	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)

#8A7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 109, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.148 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9977',
    500: '#d96d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96d40;
$custom-light: #eb9977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65342,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96D40

secondary

#9AC8DA

accent

#B7EA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96D40

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

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