#D99E3E#D99E3E

#D99E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99E3E
RGB	rgb(217, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 12.94, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 58.05, 77.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0314 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.13 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7144, 39.5565, 9.9947)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99E3E #3E79D9

analogous

#D9503E #D99E3E #C7D93E

triadic

#D99E3E #3ED99E #9E3ED9

tetradic

#D99E3E #3ED950 #3E79D9 #D93EC7

square

#D99E3E #3ED950 #3E79D9 #D93EC7

split-complementary

#D99E3E #3EC7D9 #503ED9

monochromatic

#835B1A #B67E24 #D99E3E #E3B871 #EDD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D99E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#D99E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99E3E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99E3E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ba78',
    500: '#d99e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99e3e;
$custom-light: #e9ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99E3E

secondary

#99B2DA

accent

#7FEA3E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99E3E

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

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