#D99C40#D99C40

#D99C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99C40
RGB	rgb(217, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 14.11, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 57.01, 75.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0351 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.129 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4320, 38.9022, 10.1762)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99C40 #407DD9

analogous

#D94F40 #D99C40 #CAD940

triadic

#D99C40 #40D99C #9C40D9

tetradic

#D99C40 #40D94F #407DD9 #D940CA

square

#D99C40 #40D94F #407DD9 #D940CA

split-complementary

#D99C40 #40CAD9 #4F40D9

monochromatic

#845A1A #B77D24 #D99C40 #E3B673 #EDD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#D99C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#D99C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99C40

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99C40	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)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b979',
    500: '#d99c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99c40;
$custom-light: #e9b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.078,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99C40

secondary

#9AB4DA

accent

#83EA3E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99C40

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

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