#D49E42#D49E42

#D49E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49E42
RGB	rgb(212, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 11.00, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 55.25, 78.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0266 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.125 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3642, 38.8471, 10.5255)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49E42 #4278D4

analogous

#D45542 #D49E42 #C1D442

triadic

#D49E42 #42D49E #9E42D4

tetradic

#D49E42 #42D455 #4278D4 #D442C1

square

#D49E42 #42D455 #4278D4 #D442C1

split-complementary

#D49E42 #42C1D4 #5542D4

monochromatic

#7F5B1D #B17E28 #D49E42 #DFB874 #EBD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#D49E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#D49E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49E42

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49E42	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E68F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ba7b',
    500: '#d49e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49e42;
$custom-light: #e5ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49E42

secondary

#9AB1D8

accent

#7FE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49E42

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

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