#D9A048#D9A048

#D9A048 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A048
RGB	rgb(217, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 12.40, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 54.19, 76.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0311 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.124 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3584, 40.3644, 11.6898)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A048 #4881D9

analogous

#D95848 #D9A048 #CAD948

triadic

#D9A048 #48D9A0 #A048D9

tetradic

#D9A048 #48D958 #4881D9 #D948CA

square

#D9A048 #48D958 #4881D9 #D948CA

split-complementary

#D9A048 #48CAD9 #5848D9

monochromatic

#8A5F1D #BD8227 #D9A048 #E4BA7B #EED5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#D9A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#D9A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A048

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A048	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc7f',
    500: '#d9a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a048;
$custom-light: #e9bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7436,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A048

secondary

#A1B8DC

accent

#82E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A048

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

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