#D99C59#D99C59

#D99C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.111 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99C59
RGB	rgb(217, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 15.68, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 46.34, 70.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0431 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.111 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3094, 39.2531, 14.7975)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99C59 #5996D9

analogous

#D95C59 #D99C59 #D6D959

triadic

#D99C59 #59D99C #9C59D9

tetradic

#D99C59 #59D95C #5996D9 #D959D6

square

#D99C59 #59D95C #5996D9 #D959D6

split-complementary

#D99C59 #59D6D9 #5C59D9

monochromatic

#955E22 #C77E2E #D99C59 #E4BA8B #F0D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D99C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#D99C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99C59

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99C59	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.111 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8b989',
    500: '#d99c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99c59;
$custom-light: #e8b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.406,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73799,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99C59

secondary

#AEC6E0

accent

#90E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99C59

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

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