#D49940#D49940

#D49940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49940
RGB	rgb(212, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 13.59, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 55.41, 75.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0339 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.125 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4707, 37.1528, 9.9419)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49940 #407BD4

analogous

#D44F40 #D49940 #C5D440

triadic

#D49940 #40D499 #9940D4

tetradic

#D49940 #40D44F #407BD4 #D440C5

square

#D49940 #40D44F #407BD4 #D440C5

split-complementary

#D49940 #40C5D4 #4F40D4

monochromatic

#7D571C #AF7927 #D49940 #DFB472 #EACEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#D49940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#D49940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49940

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49940	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b679',
    500: '#d49940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49940;
$custom-light: #e6b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72389,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49940

secondary

#98B2D7

accent

#83E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49940

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

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