#D49C40#D49C40

#D49C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49C40
RGB	rgb(212, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 11.97, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 55.79, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0291 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.126 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9679, 38.1472, 10.1076)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49C40 #4078D4

analogous

#D45240 #D49C40 #C2D440

triadic

#D49C40 #40D49C #9C40D4

tetradic

#D49C40 #40D452 #4078D4 #D440C2

square

#D49C40 #40D452 #4078D4 #D440C2

split-complementary

#D49C40 #40C2D4 #5240D4

monochromatic

#7D591C #AF7C27 #D49C40 #DFB672 #EAD0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#D49C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#D49C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49C40

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49C40	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b979',
    500: '#d49c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49c40;
$custom-light: #e6b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49C40

secondary

#98B0D7

accent

#80E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49C40

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

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