#D99D51#D99D51

#D99D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99D51
RGB	rgb(217, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 14.57, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 49.94, 73.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0388 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.117 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1600, 39.4630, 13.1796)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99D51 #518DD9

analogous

#D95951 #D99D51 #D1D951

triadic

#D99D51 #51D99D #9D51D9

tetradic

#D99D51 #51D959 #518DD9 #D951D1

square

#D99D51 #51D959 #518DD9 #D951D1

split-complementary

#D99D51 #51D1D9 #5951D9

monochromatic

#905E1F #C27F2A #D99D51 #E4B983 #EFD6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D99D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#D99D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99D51

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99D51	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9b984',
    500: '#d99d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99d51;
$custom-light: #e9b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99D51

secondary

#A8C0DE

accent

#8AE741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99D51

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

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