#D49A42#D49A42

#D49A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49A42
RGB	rgb(212, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 13.16, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 54.70, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0329 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.124 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6929, 37.5047, 10.3018)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49A42 #427CD4

analogous

#D45142 #D49A42 #C5D442

triadic

#D49A42 #42D49A #9A42D4

tetradic

#D49A42 #42D451 #427CD4 #D442C5

square

#D49A42 #42D451 #427CD4 #D442C5

split-complementary

#D49A42 #42C5D4 #5142D4

monochromatic

#7F581D #B17A28 #D49A42 #DFB574 #EBCFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#D49A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#D49A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49A42

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49A42	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b77a',
    500: '#d49a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49a42;
$custom-light: #e6b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.164,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49A42

secondary

#9AB3D8

accent

#83E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49A42

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

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