#D99E42#D99E42

#D99E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.128 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99E42
RGB	rgb(217, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 13.14, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 56.43, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0325 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.128 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8283, 39.6021, 10.5942)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99E42 #427DD9

analogous

#D95242 #D99E42 #C9D942

triadic

#D99E42 #42D99E #9E42D9

tetradic

#D99E42 #42D952 #427DD9 #D942C9

square

#D99E42 #42D952 #427DD9 #D942C9

split-complementary

#D99E42 #42C9D9 #5242D9

monochromatic

#865C1B #B97F25 #D99E42 #E3B875 #EDD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#D99E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#D99E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99E42

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99E42	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B4A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.128 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ba7b',
    500: '#d99e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99e42;
$custom-light: #e9ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99E42

secondary

#9CB5DB

accent

#81E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99E42

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

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