#D6B459#D6B459

#D6B459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B459
RGB	rgb(214, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 1.59, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 50.20, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.002 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.117 89)
XYZ	xyz(45.8581, 47.6624, 16.2336)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B459 #597BD6

analogous

#D67659 #D6B459 #BAD659

triadic

#D6B459 #59D6B4 #B459D6

tetradic

#D6B459 #59D676 #597BD6 #D659BA

square

#D6B459 #59D676 #597BD6 #D659BA

split-complementary

#D6B459 #59BAD6 #7659D6

monochromatic

#917324 #C29A30 #D6B459 #E2CA8A #EEE0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D6B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#D6B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B459

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B459	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca8b',
    500: '#d6b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b459;
$custom-light: #e6ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.68,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78179,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.4766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B459

secondary

#ADBADE

accent

#70E444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B459

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

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