#D49D40#D49D40

#D49D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.126 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49D40
RGB	rgb(212, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 11.43, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 55.93, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0276 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.126 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1363, 38.4842, 10.1638)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49D40 #4077D4

analogous

#D45340 #D49D40 #C1D440

triadic

#D49D40 #40D49D #9D40D4

tetradic

#D49D40 #40D453 #4077D4 #D440C1

square

#D49D40 #40D453 #4077D4 #D440C1

split-complementary

#D49D40 #40C1D4 #5340D4

monochromatic

#7D591C #AF7D27 #D49D40 #DFB772 #EAD0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D49D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#D49D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49D40

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49D40	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.126 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6b979',
    500: '#d49d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49d40;
$custom-light: #e6b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49D40

secondary

#98B0D7

accent

#7FE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49D40

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

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