#D97540#D97540

#D97540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.142 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D97540
RGB	rgb(217, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 34.93, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 57.51, 52.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0971 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.142 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9051, 27.8485, 8.3340)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D97540 #40A4D9

analogous

#D94058 #D97540 #D9C140

triadic

#D97540 #40D975 #7540D9

tetradic

#D97540 #58D940 #40A4D9 #C140D9

square

#D97540 #58D940 #40A4D9 #C140D9

split-complementary

#D97540 #40D9C1 #4058D9

monochromatic

#843F1A #B75724 #D97540 #E39A73 #EDBFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#D97540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#D97540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D97540

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D97540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D97540	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED6169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d97540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.142 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb9e77',
    500: '#d97540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d97540;
$custom-light: #eb9e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d97540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.784,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.14191,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D97540

secondary

#9AC4DA

accent

#AEEA3E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D97540

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

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