#D49D3B#D49D3B

#D49D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49D3B
RGB	rgb(212, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 11.18, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 57.95, 78.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0262 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.129 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0004, 38.4298, 9.4478)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49D3B #3B72D4

analogous

#D4503B #D49D3B #BFD43B

triadic

#D49D3B #3BD49D #9D3BD4

tetradic

#D49D3B #3BD450 #3B72D4 #D43BBF

square

#D49D3B #3BD450 #3B72D4 #D43BBF

split-complementary

#D49D3B #3BBFD4 #503BD4

monochromatic

#7A581B #AC7C26 #D49D3B #DFB66D #EACF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#D49D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#D49D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49D3B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49D3B	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b976',
    500: '#d49d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49d3b;
$custom-light: #e6b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49D3B

secondary

#94ACD6

accent

#7DE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49D3B

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

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