#D49C42#D49C42

#D49C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49C42
RGB	rgb(212, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.4%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 12.08, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 54.96, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0297 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.125 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0258, 38.1704, 10.4127)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49C42 #427AD4

analogous

#D45342 #D49C42 #C3D442

triadic

#D49C42 #42D49C #9C42D4

tetradic

#D49C42 #42D453 #427AD4 #D442C3

square

#D49C42 #42D453 #427AD4 #D442C3

split-complementary

#D49C42 #42C3D4 #5342D4

monochromatic

#7F591D #B17C28 #D49C42 #DFB674 #EBD0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#D49C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#D49C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49C42

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49C42	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b97b',
    500: '#d49c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49c42;
$custom-light: #e6b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72984,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49C42

secondary

#9AB2D8

accent

#81E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49C42

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

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