#D96F42#D96F42

#D96F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.146 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D96F42
RGB	rgb(217, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 38.13, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 57.70, 48.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.1072 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.146 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2863, 26.5181, 8.4135)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D96F42 #42ACD9

analogous

#D94260 #D96F42 #D9BB42

triadic

#D96F42 #42D96F #6F42D9

tetradic

#D96F42 #60D942 #42ACD9 #BB42D9

square

#D96F42 #60D942 #42ACD9 #BB42D9

split-complementary

#D96F42 #42D9BB #4260D9

monochromatic

#863B1B #B95125 #D96F42 #E39675 #EDBDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#D96F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#D96F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D96F42

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D96F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D96F42	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d96f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.146 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9a78',
    500: '#d96f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d96f42;
$custom-light: #eb9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d96f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.881,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65676,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D96F42

secondary

#9CC8DB

accent

#B6E93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D96F42

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

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