#D99F38#D99F38

#D99F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99F38
RGB	rgb(217, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 12.12, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 60.52, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0282 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.134 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7301, 39.8368, 9.2321)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99F38 #3872D9

analogous

#D94E38 #D99F38 #C2D938

triadic

#D99F38 #38D99F #9F38D9

tetradic

#D99F38 #38D94E #3872D9 #D938C2

square

#D99F38 #38D94E #3872D9 #D938C2

split-complementary

#D99F38 #38C2D9 #4E38D9

monochromatic

#7E5A18 #B27E22 #D99F38 #E3B86B #EDD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#D99F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#D99F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99F38

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99F38	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabb75',
    500: '#d99f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99f38;
$custom-light: #eabb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.385,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74026,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99F38

secondary

#94ADD9

accent

#7CEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99F38

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

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