#D9A059#D9A059

#D9A059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A059
RGB	rgb(217, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, 13.52, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 46.76, 73.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0368 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.111 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9917, 40.6177, 15.0249)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A059 #5992D9

analogous

#D96059 #D9A059 #D2D959

triadic

#D9A059 #59D9A0 #A059D9

tetradic

#D9A059 #59D960 #5992D9 #D959D2

square

#D9A059 #59D960 #5992D9 #D959D2

split-complementary

#D9A059 #59D2D9 #6059D9

monochromatic

#956222 #C7832E #D9A059 #E4BC8B #F0D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D9A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#D9A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A059

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A059	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bc8a',
    500: '#d9a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a059;
$custom-light: #e8bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.281,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A059

secondary

#AEC4E0

accent

#8BE642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A059

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

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