#D99D42#D99D42

#D99D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99D42
RGB	rgb(217, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 13.68, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 56.31, 75.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0341 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.128 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6584, 39.2623, 10.5375)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99D42 #427ED9

analogous

#D95142 #D99D42 #C9D942

triadic

#D99D42 #42D99D #9D42D9

tetradic

#D99D42 #42D951 #427ED9 #D942C9

square

#D99D42 #42D951 #427ED9 #D942C9

split-complementary

#D99D42 #42C9D9 #5142D9

monochromatic

#865B1B #B97E25 #D99D42 #E3B775 #EDD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D99D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#D99D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99D42

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99D42	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b97b',
    500: '#d99d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99d42;
$custom-light: #e9b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99D42

secondary

#9CB5DB

accent

#82E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99D42

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

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