#D97042#D97042

#D97042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.145 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D97042
RGB	rgb(217, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 37.61, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 57.53, 49.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1056 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.145 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3960, 26.7375, 8.4501)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D97042 #42ABD9

analogous

#D9425F #D97042 #D9BB42

triadic

#D97042 #42D970 #7042D9

tetradic

#D97042 #5FD942 #42ABD9 #BB42D9

square

#D97042 #5FD942 #42ABD9 #BB42D9

split-complementary

#D97042 #42D9BB #425FD9

monochromatic

#863B1B #B95225 #D97042 #E39775 #EDBDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#D97042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#D97042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D97042

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D97042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D97042	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d97042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.145 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9b78',
    500: '#d97042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d97042;
$custom-light: #eb9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d97042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.278,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65832,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D97042

secondary

#9CC8DB

accent

#B5E93E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D97042

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

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