#D99D40#D99D40

#D99D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.129 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99D40
RGB	rgb(217, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 13.57, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 57.13, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0335 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.129 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6004, 39.2391, 10.2324)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99D40 #407CD9

analogous

#D95140 #D99D40 #C8D940

triadic

#D99D40 #40D99D #9D40D9

tetradic

#D99D40 #40D951 #407CD9 #D940C8

square

#D99D40 #40D951 #407CD9 #D940C8

split-complementary

#D99D40 #40C8D9 #5140D9

monochromatic

#845B1A #B77E24 #D99D40 #E3B773 #EDD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D99D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#D99D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99D40

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99D40	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)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.129 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b97a',
    500: '#d99d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99d40;
$custom-light: #e9b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73709,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99D40

secondary

#9AB3DA

accent

#81EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99D40

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

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