#D96E45#D96E45
#D96E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.145 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D96E45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 110, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(17, 66%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(17, 68%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 68.2%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.36, 38.80, 41.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.36, 56.85, 46.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.56% 0.1098 0.0954) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.56% 0.145 41) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.2685, 26.3374, 8.8554) |
| Luminance | 0.2633 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Terracotta
#C96F4A
ΔE00 3.19
Terracota
#CB6843
ΔE00 3.26
Terracotta (survey)
#CA6641
ΔE00 3.73
Terra Cotta
#C9643B
ΔE00 4.24
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 4.75
Adobe
#BD6C48
ΔE00 5.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D96E45 #45B0D9
analogous
#D94566 #D96E45 #D9B845
triadic
#D96E45 #45D96E #6E45D9
tetradic
#D96E45 #66D945 #45B0D9 #B845D9
square
#D96E45 #66D945 #45B0D9 #B845D9
split-complementary
#D96E45 #45D9B8 #4566D9
monochromatic
#883A1C #BB4F26 #D96E45 #E39678 #EEBDAB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.35
#D96E45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.27
#D96E45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #D96E45
6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D96E45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D96E45 | 1.00 | 3.35 | 6.27 | 6.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.35 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8B7E41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59543
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ED5965
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d96e45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 110, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.145 41.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eb997a',
500: '#d96e45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d96e45; $custom-light: #eb997a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d96e45",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 110,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 16.622,
"s": 66.071,
"l": 56.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65557,
"c": 0.14542,
"h": 41
},
"luminance": 0.26333
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D96E45
secondary
#9ECBDB
accent
#BAE93F
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF2ED
border
#D7CCC8
text
#170E09
muted
#857E7B