#D48E59#D48E59

#D48E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D48E59
RGB	rgb(212, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 21.16, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 44.16, 61.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0599 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.11 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6300, 34.0676, 13.9904)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D48E59 #599FD4

analogous

#D45962 #D48E59 #D4CC59

triadic

#D48E59 #59D48E #8E59D4

tetradic

#D48E59 #62D459 #599FD4 #CC59D4

square

#D48E59 #62D459 #599FD4 #CC59D4

split-complementary

#D48E59 #59D4CC #5962D4

monochromatic

#8E5225 #BE6E31 #D48E59 #E1AF8A #EDD0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#D48E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#D48E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D48E59

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D48E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D48E59	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d48e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5af89',
    500: '#d48e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d48e59;
$custom-light: #e5af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d48e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.854,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70627,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D48E59

secondary

#ACC8DD

accent

#9FE246

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D48E59

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

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