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#d57749

a balanced, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Chocolate

Token name suggestion: Studio Marmalade

RGB
213, 119, 73
HSL
20°, 63%, 56%
CMYK
0, 44, 66, 17
Luminance
0.2782

#d57749 is a balanced vivid orange, 20° on the wheel and 6/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.56:1). As text it scores 3.20:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Chocolate, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(20 63% 56%)rgb(213 119 73)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d57749 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d57749
Hue
20°
orange
Saturation
63%
vivid
Lightness
56%
balanced
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2782
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
6/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.56:1
Closest name
Chocolate
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
52.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.665
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 8.6
Web-safe
#CC6633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue20° of 360°
Saturation63%
Lightness56%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d57749.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool6% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red51%
Green47%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d57749
HEX (8-digit)#d57749ff
RGBrgb(213, 119, 73)
RGBArgba(213, 119, 73, 1)
HSLhsl(20, 63%, 56%)
HSV / HSBhsv(20, 66%, 84%)
HWBhwb(20 29% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44%, 66%, 17%)
LABlab(59.7 32.8 40.9)
LCHlch(59.7 52.4 51.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.665 0.132 45.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(35.24, 27.82, 9.82)
Decimal13989705
Display P3color(display-p3 0.835 0.467 0.286)
Web-safe#CC6633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d57749;
background-color: #d57749;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d57749;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d57749] bg-[#d57749]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d57749;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.835, green: 0.467, blue: 0.286)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.835, green: 0.467, blue: 0.286, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D57749</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD57749)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD57749)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(73, 119, 213)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(213, 119, 73)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(213, 119, 73)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 213, 119, 73)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8353f, 0.4667f, 0.2863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{213,119,73}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d57749 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d57749 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#683218, #EEDCD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d57749 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF6F4;
  --brand-100: #F7EDE8;
  --brand-200: #F0D8CC;
  --brand-300: #EABBA4;
  --brand-400: #DF9976;
  --brand-500: #d57749;
  --brand-600: #C7602E;
  --brand-700: #A65026;
  --brand-800: #85401F;
  --brand-900: #60311A;
  --brand-950: #3C1F10;
  --brand: #d57749;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCEC0;
  --brand-hover: #CB622F;
  --brand-pressed: #AE5428;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241914;
    --brand-ink: #EEDCD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF6F4',
        100: '#F7EDE8',
        200: '#F0D8CC',
        300: '#EABBA4',
        400: '#DF9976',
        500: '#d57749',
        600: '#C7602E',
        700: '#A65026',
        800: '#85401F',
        900: '#60311A',
        950: '#3C1F10',
        DEFAULT: '#d57749',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF6F4,
  '100': #F7EDE8,
  '200': #F0D8CC,
  '300': #EABBA4,
  '400': #DF9976,
  '500': #d57749,
  '600': #C7602E,
  '700': #A65026,
  '800': #85401F,
  '900': #60311A,
  '950': #3C1F10,
);
$brand-base: #d57749;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF6F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7EDE8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0D8CC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EABBA4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DF9976", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#d57749", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C7602E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A65026", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#85401F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#60311A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1F10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d57749 · 6.56:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.20:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.56:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d57749 as text scores 3.20:1 on white and 6.56:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #683218 at 3.19:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#BB5A2B · 4.56:1
AA on white−11% L
#BB5A2B
The quick fox
#8D4421 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−22% L
#8D4421
The quick fox
#d57749 · 6.56:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d57749
The quick fox
#D88056 · 7.14:1
AAA on black+3% L
#D88056

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D57749 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d57749 on white: 3.20:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d57749 on black: 6.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d57749 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d57749.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.20:1AaAa
Slate 503.06:1AaAa
Slate 1002.92:1AaAa
Slate 2002.60:1AaAa
Slate 3002.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.25:1AaAa
Slate 5001.49:1AaAa
Slate 6002.37:1AaAa
Slate 7003.24:1AaAa
Slate 8004.57:1AaAa
Slate 9005.58:1AaAa
Black6.56:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #918344
deuteranopia · #A79848
tritanopia · #E8656C

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d57749 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF6F4
#F7EDE8
#F0D8CC
#EABBA4
#DF9976
#d57749
#C7602E
#A65026
#85401F
#60311A
#3C1F10
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FBF6F4Darkest = 950 · #3C1F10Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.033 45.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 45.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.079 45.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.103 45.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.122 45.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.132 45.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.132 45.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.124 45.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.111 45.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.093 45.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 45.7);
}

Colors that work with #d57749

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDCEC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B654B
Captions on the surface
Accent#239FA9
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#683218
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAF0EA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241914
Dark-mode background
Hover#CB622F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AE5428
Two steps down
Disabled#D3C3BB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E3804F
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d57749

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #683218
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight44/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#49A7D5
Analogous left#D54961
Analogous right#D5BD49
Split-complement 1#49D5BD
Split-complement 2#4961D5
Triadic 1#49D577
Triadic 2#7749D5
Tetradic#61D549
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°20°

#d57749 sits at 20°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.5%
Green46.7%
Blue28.6%
R · 0–255
213
0xd5
G · 0–255
119
0x77
B · 0–255
73
0x49

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta44.1%
Yellow65.7%
Key (black)16.5%

Total ink coverage is 126%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d57749 text on a black background

contrast 6.56:1

Card sample

#d57749 text on a white background

contrast 3.20:1

Card sample

#d57749 on grey

2.92:1

#d57749 on its own surface

2.98:1

#d57749 on its dark surface

5.36:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d57749;
Background color
Panel with #d57749 background
background-color: #d57749;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d57749;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(213, 119, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(213, 119, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d57749;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d57749, #D5D449);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d57749, #B3D549);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d57749;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d57749;
caret-color: #d57749;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d57749;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAF0EA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d57749;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d57749 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d57749 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(213, 119, 73, 0.5)
rgb(213 119 73 / 50%)
#d5774980
hsl(20 63% 56% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d57749 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d577491a#FBF1ED
20%#d5774933#F7E4DB
40%#d5774966#EEC9B6
60%#d5774999#E6AD92
80%#d57749cc#DD926D

Gradients from #d57749

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E09C7B, #d57749 45%, #683218);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d57749, #C3CF30);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d57749, #49A7D5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E6AF94 0%, #d57749 45%, #683218 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DF738E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DBD062 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #683218 0%, transparent 65%), #d57749;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d57749

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d57749 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.56:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d57749, answered

What color is #d57749?

#d57749 is a balanced vivid orange, closest to Chocolate (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 20° on the hue wheel with 63% saturation and 56% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d57749?

rgb(213, 119, 73) — 213 red, 119 green and 73 blue out of 255, or 83.5% / 46.7% / 28.6% by channel.

What is #d57749 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(20, 63%, 56%) and hsv(20, 66%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d57749 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2782 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 6.56:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d57749?

Black. It scores 6.56:1 against #d57749, versus 3.20:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #d57749 accessible on a white background?

#d57749 on white scores 3.20:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #BB5A2B to reach 4.5:1, or #8D4421 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d57749?

#49A7D5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #49D5BD and #4961D5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d57749?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCEC0 for borders, #9B654B for secondary text, #239FA9 as an accent and #683218 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D54961 and #D5BD49 stays calm, while #49A7D5 is the loudest partner.

What is #d57749 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 44%, 66%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d57749 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 6 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DA8E5E; nudged cooler, #D7474C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d57749?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 8.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d57749 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d57749 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d57749] or text-[#d57749], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d57749 with 50% opacity?

rgba(213, 119, 73, 0.5), or #d5774980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EABBA4; over black, #6B3C25.

Is #d57749 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6633, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d57749 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d57749?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E09C7B, #d57749 45%, #683218). For more colour, a short hue run to #C3CF30 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d57749 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d57749 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.