#D9A040#D9A040

#D9A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A040
RGB	rgb(217, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 11.96, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 57.51, 77.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0288 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.129 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1142, 40.2667, 10.4037)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A040 #4079D9

analogous

#D95340 #D9A040 #C5D940

triadic

#D9A040 #40D9A0 #A040D9

tetradic

#D9A040 #40D953 #4079D9 #D940C5

square

#D9A040 #40D953 #4079D9 #D940C5

split-complementary

#D9A040 #40C5D9 #5340D9

monochromatic

#845D1A #B78124 #D9A040 #E3B973 #EDD3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#D9A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#D9A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A040

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A040	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bb7a',
    500: '#d9a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a040;
$custom-light: #e9bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A040

secondary

#9AB2DA

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A040

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

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