#D99E40#D99E40

#D99E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99E40
RGB	rgb(217, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 13.04, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 57.25, 76.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0319 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.129 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7703, 39.5789, 10.2890)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99E40 #407BD9

analogous

#D95240 #D99E40 #C7D940

triadic

#D99E40 #40D99E #9E40D9

tetradic

#D99E40 #40D952 #407BD9 #D940C7

square

#D99E40 #40D952 #407BD9 #D940C7

split-complementary

#D99E40 #40C7D9 #5240D9

monochromatic

#845B1A #B77F24 #D99E40 #E3B873 #EDD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D99E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#D99E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99E40

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99E40	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ba7a',
    500: '#d99e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99e40;
$custom-light: #e9ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.863,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.739,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99E40

secondary

#9AB3DA

accent

#80EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99E40

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

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