#D49C2C#D49C2C

#D49C2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49C2C
RGB	rgb(212, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 11.09, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 63.34, 79.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0242 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.137 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4972, 37.9590, 7.6290)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49C2C #2C64D4

analogous

#D4482C #D49C2C #B8D42C

triadic

#D49C2C #2CD49C #9C2CD4

tetradic

#D49C2C #2CD448 #2C64D4 #D42CB8

square

#D49C2C #2CD448 #2C64D4 #D42CB8

split-complementary

#D49C2C #2CB8D4 #482CD4

monochromatic

#6F5217 #A27721 #D49C2C #DEB45F #E9CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#D49C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#D49C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49C2C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49C2C	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E78C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b86e',
    500: '#d49c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49c2c;
$custom-light: #e6b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72813,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49C2C

secondary

#88A1D3

accent

#78E93F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49C2C

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

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