#D99D49#D99D49

#D99D49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.123 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99D49
RGB	rgb(217, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 14.07, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 53.39, 74.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0362 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.123 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8775, 39.3500, 11.6917)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99D49 #4985D9

analogous

#D95549 #D99D49 #CDD949

triadic

#D99D49 #49D99D #9D49D9

tetradic

#D99D49 #49D955 #4985D9 #D949CD

square

#D99D49 #49D955 #4985D9 #D949CD

split-complementary

#D99D49 #49CDD9 #5549D9

monochromatic

#8B5D1D #BD7F28 #D99D49 #E4B87C #EED4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#D99D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#D99D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99D49

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99D49	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.123 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b97f',
    500: '#d99d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99d49;
$custom-light: #e9b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99D49

secondary

#A2BADC

accent

#86E83F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99D49

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

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