#D99C38#D99C38

#D99C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.134 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99C38
RGB	rgb(217, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 13.73, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 60.16, 76.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0329 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.134 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2204, 38.8175, 9.0622)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99C38 #3875D9

analogous

#D94B38 #D99C38 #C5D938

triadic

#D99C38 #38D99C #9C38D9

tetradic

#D99C38 #38D94B #3875D9 #D938C5

square

#D99C38 #38D94B #3875D9 #D938C5

split-complementary

#D99C38 #38C5D9 #4B38D9

monochromatic

#7E5818 #B27B22 #D99C38 #E3B66B #EDCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#D99C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#D99C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99C38

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99C38	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.134 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab975',
    500: '#d99c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99c38;
$custom-light: #eab975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.267,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73451,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99C38

secondary

#94AED9

accent

#7FEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99C38

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

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