#D99F40#D99F40

#D99F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.129 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D99F40
RGB	rgb(217, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 12.50, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 57.38, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0304 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.129 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9416, 39.9214, 10.3461)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D99F40 #407AD9

analogous

#D95340 #D99F40 #C6D940

triadic

#D99F40 #40D99F #9F40D9

tetradic

#D99F40 #40D953 #407AD9 #D940C6

square

#D99F40 #40D953 #407AD9 #D940C6

split-complementary

#D99F40 #40C6D9 #5340D9

monochromatic

#845C1A #B78024 #D99F40 #E3B973 #EDD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#D99F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#D99F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D99F40

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D99F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D99F40	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d99f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.129 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bb7a',
    500: '#d99f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d99f40;
$custom-light: #e9bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d99f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.255,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74092,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D99F40

secondary

#9AB3DA

accent

#7FEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D99F40

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

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