#D9A042#D9A042

#D9A042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.128 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A042
RGB	rgb(217, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 12.07, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 56.70, 77.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0294 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.128 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1722, 40.2899, 10.7088)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A042 #427BD9

analogous

#D95442 #D9A042 #C6D942

triadic

#D9A042 #42D9A0 #A042D9

tetradic

#D9A042 #42D954 #427BD9 #D942C6

square

#D9A042 #42D954 #427BD9 #D942C6

split-complementary

#D9A042 #42C6D9 #5442D9

monochromatic

#865D1B #B98125 #D9A042 #E3BA75 #EDD3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#D9A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#D9A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A042

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A042	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.128 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bb7b',
    500: '#d9a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a042;
$custom-light: #e9bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.351,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A042

secondary

#9CB4DB

accent

#7FE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A042

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

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