#D9A038#D9A038

#D9A038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A038
RGB	rgb(217, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 11.58, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 60.65, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0267 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.134 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9027, 40.1821, 9.2896)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A038 #3871D9

analogous

#D94F38 #D9A038 #C1D938

triadic

#D9A038 #38D9A0 #A038D9

tetradic

#D9A038 #38D94F #3871D9 #D938C1

square

#D9A038 #38D94F #3871D9 #D938C1

split-complementary

#D9A038 #38C1D9 #4F38D9

monochromatic

#7E5A18 #B27F22 #D9A038 #E3B96B #EDD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#D9A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#D9A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A038

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A038	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabb75',
    500: '#d9a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a038;
$custom-light: #eabb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.758,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A038

secondary

#94ACD9

accent

#7BEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A038

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

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