#D49E2C#D49E2C

#D49E2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49E2C
RGB	rgb(212, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 10.01, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 63.60, 80.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0211 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.138 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8356, 38.6357, 7.7418)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49E2C #2C62D4

analogous

#D44A2C #D49E2C #B6D42C

triadic

#D49E2C #2CD49E #9E2CD4

tetradic

#D49E2C #2CD44A #2C62D4 #D42CB6

square

#D49E2C #2CD44A #2C62D4 #D42CB6

split-complementary

#D49E2C #2CB6D4 #4A2CD4

monochromatic

#6F5317 #A27821 #D49E2C #DEB55F #E9CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#D49E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#D49E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49E2C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49E2C	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E78E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ba6f',
    500: '#d49e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49e2c;
$custom-light: #e6ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49E2C

secondary

#88A0D3

accent

#75E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49E2C

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

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