#D99E38#D99E38

#D99E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99E38
RGB	rgb(217, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 12.66, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 60.40, 77.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0298 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.134 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5588, 39.4943, 9.1750)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99E38 #3873D9

analogous

#D94D38 #D99E38 #C4D938

triadic

#D99E38 #38D99E #9E38D9

tetradic

#D99E38 #38D94D #3873D9 #D938C4

square

#D99E38 #38D94D #3873D9 #D938C4

split-complementary

#D99E38 #38C4D9 #4D38D9

monochromatic

#7E5918 #B27D22 #D99E38 #E3B76B #EDD09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D99E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#D99E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99E38

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99E38	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaba75',
    500: '#d99e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99e38;
$custom-light: #eaba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.012,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73834,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99E38

secondary

#94ADD9

accent

#7DEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99E38

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

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