#D99E3B#D99E3B

#D99E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99E3B
RGB	rgb(217, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 12.79, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 59.24, 77.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0306 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.132 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6344, 39.5245, 9.5730)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99E3B #3B76D9

analogous

#D94F3B #D99E3B #C5D93B

triadic

#D99E3B #3BD99E #9E3BD9

tetradic

#D99E3B #3BD94F #3B76D9 #D93BC5

square

#D99E3B #3BD94F #3B76D9 #D93BC5

split-complementary

#D99E3B #3BC5D9 #4F3BD9

monochromatic

#815A19 #B47E23 #D99E3B #E3B76E #EDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D99E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#D99E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99E3B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99E3B	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)

#B4A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaba77',
    500: '#d99e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99e3b;
$custom-light: #eaba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.595,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99E3B

secondary

#96AFDA

accent

#7EEA3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99E3B

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

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