#D49E40#D49E40

#D49E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49E40
RGB	rgb(212, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 10.89, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 56.08, 78.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.026 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.126 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3062, 38.8240, 10.2204)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49E40 #4076D4

analogous

#D45440 #D49E40 #C0D440

triadic

#D49E40 #40D49E #9E40D4

tetradic

#D49E40 #40D454 #4076D4 #D440C0

square

#D49E40 #40D454 #4076D4 #D440C0

split-complementary

#D49E40 #40C0D4 #5440D4

monochromatic

#7D5A1C #AF7E27 #D49E40 #DFB772 #EAD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#D49E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#D49E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49E40

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49E40	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ba7a',
    500: '#d49e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49e40;
$custom-light: #e6ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49E40

secondary

#98AFD7

accent

#7EE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49E40

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

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