#D49F40#D49F40

#D49F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49F40
RGB	rgb(212, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 10.35, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 56.23, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0244 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.127 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4775, 39.1665, 10.2775)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49F40 #4075D4

analogous

#D45540 #D49F40 #BFD440

triadic

#D49F40 #40D49F #9F40D4

tetradic

#D49F40 #40D455 #4075D4 #D440BF

square

#D49F40 #40D455 #4075D4 #D440BF

split-complementary

#D49F40 #40BFD4 #5540D4

monochromatic

#7D5B1C #AF7F27 #D49F40 #DFB872 #EAD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#D49F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#D49F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49F40

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49F40	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bb7a',
    500: '#d49f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49f40;
$custom-light: #e6bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73547,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49F40

secondary

#98AFD7

accent

#7DE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49F40

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

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