#D49B40#D49B40

#D49B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.126 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49B40
RGB	rgb(212, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.9%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 12.51, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 55.66, 77.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0307 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.126 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8007, 37.8130, 10.0519)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49B40 #4079D4

analogous

#D45140 #D49B40 #C3D440

triadic

#D49B40 #40D49B #9B40D4

tetradic

#D49B40 #40D451 #4079D4 #D440C3

square

#D49B40 #40D451 #4079D4 #D440C3

split-complementary

#D49B40 #40C3D4 #5140D4

monochromatic

#7D581C #AF7B27 #D49B40 #DFB572 #EACFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#D49B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#D49B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49B40

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49B40	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.126 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b879',
    500: '#d49b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49b40;
$custom-light: #e6b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.892,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49B40

secondary

#98B1D7

accent

#81E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49B40

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

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