#D99C3E#D99C3E

#D99C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99C3E
RGB	rgb(217, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 14.01, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.82, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0345 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.13 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3761, 38.8798, 9.8819)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99C3E #3E7BD9

analogous

#D94E3E #D99C3E #C9D93E

triadic

#D99C3E #3ED99C #9C3ED9

tetradic

#D99C3E #3ED94E #3E7BD9 #D93EC9

square

#D99C3E #3ED94E #3E7BD9 #D93EC9

split-complementary

#D99C3E #3EC9D9 #4E3ED9

monochromatic

#83591A #B67C24 #D99C3E #E3B671 #EDD0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#D99C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#D99C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99C3E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99C3E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b978',
    500: '#d99c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99c3e;
$custom-light: #e9b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.387,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99C3E

secondary

#99B2DA

accent

#82EA3E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99C3E

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

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