#D9996C#D9996C

#D9996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9996C
RGB	rgb(217, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(25, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 50.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 18.87, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 38.13, 60.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0551 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.098 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7155, 38.6200, 19.3891)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9996C #6CACD9

analogous

#D96C75 #D9996C #D9D06C

triadic

#D9996C #6CD999 #996CD9

tetradic

#D9996C #75D96C #6CACD9 #D06CD9

square

#D9996C #75D96C #6CACD9 #D06CD9

split-complementary

#D9996C #6CD9D0 #6C75D9

monochromatic

#A15B2A #CC773B #D9996C #E6BB9D #F2DCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D9996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#D9996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9996C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9996C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b796',
    500: '#d9996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9996c;
$custom-light: #e8b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.771,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73526,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9996C

secondary

#BDD4E4

accent

#81C71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9996C

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

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