#D9835E#D9835E

#D9835E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9835E
RGB	rgb(217, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(18, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 29.50, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 44.97, 49.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0854 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.118 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7546, 31.7962, 14.6838)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9835E #5EB4D9

analogous

#D95E76 #D9835E #D9C05E

triadic

#D9835E #5ED983 #835ED9

tetradic

#D9835E #76D95E #5EB4D9 #C05ED9

square

#D9835E #76D95E #5EB4D9 #C05ED9

split-complementary

#D9835E #5ED9C0 #5E76D9

monochromatic

#994724 #CA5E30 #D9835E #E5A990 #F0CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#D9835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#D9835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9835E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9835E	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9a88c',
    500: '#d9835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9835e;
$custom-light: #e9a88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.049,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9835E

secondary

#B2D3E1

accent

#95CA1C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#170F0C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9835E

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

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