#D49F42#D49F42

#D49F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D49F42
RGB	rgb(212, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 10.46, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 55.40, 79.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.025 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.125 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5354, 39.1897, 10.5826)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D49F42 #4277D4

analogous

#D45642 #D49F42 #C0D442

triadic

#D49F42 #42D49F #9F42D4

tetradic

#D49F42 #42D456 #4277D4 #D442C0

square

#D49F42 #42D456 #4277D4 #D442C0

split-complementary

#D49F42 #42C0D4 #5642D4

monochromatic

#7F5B1D #B17F28 #D49F42 #DFB874 #EBD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#D49F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#D49F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D49F42

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D49F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D49F42	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d49f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bb7b',
    500: '#d49f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d49f42;
$custom-light: #e5bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d49f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.219,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D49F42

secondary

#9AB0D8

accent

#7DE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D49F42

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

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