#D9A037#D9A037

#D9A037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A037
RGB	rgb(217, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 11.54, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 61.03, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0264 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.135 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8785, 40.1724, 9.1621)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A037 #3770D9

analogous

#D94F37 #D9A037 #C1D937

triadic

#D9A037 #37D9A0 #A037D9

tetradic

#D9A037 #37D94F #3770D9 #D937C1

square

#D9A037 #37D94F #3770D9 #D937C1

split-complementary

#D9A037 #37C1D9 #4F37D9

monochromatic

#7E5A18 #B17F22 #D9A037 #E3B86A #EDD19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#D9A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#D9A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A037

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A037	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabb75',
    500: '#d9a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a037;
$custom-light: #eabb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.889,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A037

secondary

#93ACD9

accent

#7AEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A037

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

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