#D9B596#D9B596

#D9B596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.059 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B596
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(28, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(28, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 8.50, 20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 22.34, 67.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0273 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.059 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6451, 50.0036, 35.8322)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B596 #96BAD9

analogous

#D99699 #D9B596 #D9D696

triadic

#D9B596 #96D9B5 #B596D9

tetradic

#D9B596 #99D996 #96BAD9 #D696D9

square

#D9B596 #99D996 #96BAD9 #D696D9

split-complementary

#D9B596 #96D9D6 #9699D9

monochromatic

#B47641 #C99569 #D9B596 #E9D5C3 #F7EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D9B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#D9B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B596

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B596	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.059 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cbb5',
    500: '#d9b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b596;
$custom-light: #e5cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79693,
    "c": 0.05924,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B596

secondary

#638CB0

accent

#78BA2B

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FCF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B596

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

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