#D99D38#D99D38

#D99D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.134 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99D38
RGB	rgb(217, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 13.19, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 60.28, 77.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0314 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.134 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3889, 39.1545, 9.1183)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99D38 #3874D9

analogous

#D94C38 #D99D38 #C4D938

triadic

#D99D38 #38D99D #9D38D9

tetradic

#D99D38 #38D94C #3874D9 #D938C4

square

#D99D38 #38D94C #3874D9 #D938C4

split-complementary

#D99D38 #38C4D9 #4C38D9

monochromatic

#7E5818 #B27C22 #D99D38 #E3B66B #EDD09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#D99D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#D99D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99D38

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99D38	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.134 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab975',
    500: '#d99d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99d38;
$custom-light: #eab975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.64,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.13364,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99D38

secondary

#94AED9

accent

#7EEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99D38

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

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