#D49D3E#D49D3E

#D49D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49D3E
RGB	rgb(212, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 70.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 11.33, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 56.75, 78.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.027 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.127 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0805, 38.4619, 9.8694)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49D3E #3E75D4

analogous

#D4523E #D49D3E #C0D43E

triadic

#D49D3E #3ED49D #9D3ED4

tetradic

#D49D3E #3ED452 #3E75D4 #D43EC0

square

#D49D3E #3ED452 #3E75D4 #D43EC0

split-complementary

#D49D3E #3EC0D4 #523ED4

monochromatic

#7C591C #AE7C27 #D49D3E #DFB670 #EAD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#D49D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#D49D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49D3E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49D3E	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)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b978',
    500: '#d49d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49d3e;
$custom-light: #e6b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 63.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49D3E

secondary

#97AED7

accent

#7EE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49D3E

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

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