CSS named color

Chocolate #D2691E

The CSS keyword chocolate is #D2691E. It is a soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.634, chroma 0.155 and hue 50.3°.

Relative luminance: 0.2390
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.634 · 0.155 · 50.3
Best text: Black 5.77:1
Hue family: Orange

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#D2691E color codes

HEX: #D2691E
RGB: rgb(210, 105, 30)
HSL: hsl(25, 75%, 47%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.634 0.155 50.3)
OKLab: oklab(0.634 0.099 0.119)
CIELAB (D65): L* 55.99, a* 37.05, b* 56.74
XYZ (D65): X 31.87, Y 23.90, Z 4.16
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 50%, 86%, 18%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #D2691E accessible?

Black text on it reaches 5.77:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.63:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

5.77:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +40
White text on it

3.63:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −68
As text on black

5.77:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −38
As text on white

3.63:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +63

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#BE5900 4.54:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#D2691E 5.77:1

It already reaches 5.77:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #D2691E live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #D2691E

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D2691E sits at step 500.

50#FFF2EB

White
1.09
Black
19.15
100#FFE5D7

White
1.20
Black
17.44
200#FFCBAE

White
1.45
Black
14.40
300#FFA570

White
1.93
Black
10.86
400#EB813F

White
2.71
Black
7.74
500This color#D2691E

White
3.63
Black
5.77
600#AD5000

White
5.35
Black
3.92
700#8B3F00

White
7.47
Black
2.80
800#672D00

White
10.75
Black
1.95
900#441B00

White
14.97
Black
1.40
950#280D00

White
18.29
Black
1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #D2691E can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.167; #D2691E uses 93% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.190 there: 14% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.155
sRGB edge: 0.167
Display P3 edge: 0.190
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.192
Dominant wavelength: 592 nm
Excitation purity: 81%
Chromaticity: x 0.5317, y 0.3988

This color#D2691E
Most vivid in sRGB#D76500
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.634 0.190 50.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #d2691e;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8164 0.3958 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #D2691E

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#E9B48F
OKLab50%#EDB596
OKLCH50%#EDB596

Black #000000

sRGB50%#69350F
OKLab50%#502405
OKLCH50%#502405

Its complement #0097C8

sRGB50%#698073
OKLab50%#928883
OKLCH50%#B06BBE

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d2691e, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d2691e 50%, white);

In use

#D2691E in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.77:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.63:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.63:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.63:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #BE5900 4.54:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.77:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.15:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:15.15:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.15:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D2691E looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 26.9; tritanopia changes it least, 21.7.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#87780E ΔE2000 26.9

Distinct

Reads as soft yellow
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#A18F1B ΔE2000 26.9

Distinct

Reads as soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#E7515B ΔE2000 21.7

Distinct

Reads as vivid red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#868686 ΔE2000 26.9

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #0097C8. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#D2691E · #0097C8	50.7	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#87780E · #7E95CA	47.9	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#A18F1B · #6785C7	51.5	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#E7515B · #00A4A8	57.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#868686 · #8C8C8C	2.1	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D2691E

Its complement is #0097C8, a soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#D2691E
Complement#0097C8

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#D85D62
Base#D2691E
+30°#B38000

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#D2691E
+120°#00A27F
+240°#8B76E0

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#D2691E
+150°#009EA4
+210°#5088E7

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-chocolate: #d2691e;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        chocolate: '#d2691e',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-chocolate: oklch(0.634 0.155 50.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "chocolate": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8235, 0.4118, 0.1176],
        "hex": "#d2691e"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color chocolate"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let chocolate = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.824, green: 0.412, blue: 0.118, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Chocolate = Color(0xFFD2691E)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Chocolate #D2691E

#D2691E color codes

Contrast: is #D2691E accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #D2691E live

Shades and tints of #D2691E

How vivid #D2691E can get

Mixing #D2691E

#D2691E in an interface

How #D2691E looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #D2691E

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #D2691E in the tools