#D49942#D49942

#D49942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49942
RGB	rgb(212, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 13.70, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 54.58, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0345 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.124 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5286, 37.1760, 10.2470)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49942 #427DD4

analogous

#D45042 #D49942 #C6D442

triadic

#D49942 #42D499 #9942D4

tetradic

#D49942 #42D450 #427DD4 #D442C6

square

#D49942 #42D450 #427DD4 #D442C6

split-complementary

#D49942 #42C6D4 #5042D4

monochromatic

#7F571D #B17928 #D49942 #DFB474 #EBCFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#D49942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#D49942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49942

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49942	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)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b67a',
    500: '#d49942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49942;
$custom-light: #e6b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49942

secondary

#9AB3D8

accent

#84E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49942

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

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