#D49C3B#D49C3B

#D49C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49C3B
RGB	rgb(212, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 11.72, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 57.81, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0278 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.129 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8319, 38.0929, 9.3916)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49C3B #3B73D4

analogous

#D44F3B #D49C3B #C0D43B

triadic

#D49C3B #3BD49C #9C3BD4

tetradic

#D49C3B #3BD44F #3B73D4 #D43BC0

square

#D49C3B #3BD44F #3B73D4 #D43BC0

split-complementary

#D49C3B #3BC0D4 #4F3BD4

monochromatic

#7A571B #AC7B26 #D49C3B #DFB56D #EACF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#D49C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#D49C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49C3B

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49C3B	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b976',
    500: '#d49c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49c3b;
$custom-light: #e6b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.039,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49C3B

secondary

#94ADD6

accent

#7EE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49C3B

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

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