#D99D3E#D99D3E

#D99D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.130 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99D3E
RGB	rgb(217, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 13.47, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 57.93, 76.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.033 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.13 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5446, 39.2168, 9.9380)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99D3E #3E7AD9

analogous

#D94F3E #D99D3E #C8D93E

triadic

#D99D3E #3ED99D #9D3ED9

tetradic

#D99D3E #3ED94F #3E7AD9 #D93EC8

square

#D99D3E #3ED94F #3E7AD9 #D93EC8

split-complementary

#D99D3E #3EC8D9 #4F3ED9

monochromatic

#835A1A #B67D24 #D99D3E #E3B771 #EDD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D99D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#D99D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99D3E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99D3E	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.130 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b978',
    500: '#d99d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99d3e;
$custom-light: #e9b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73692,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99D3E

secondary

#99B2DA

accent

#80EA3E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99D3E

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

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