#D9A138#D9A138

#D9A138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A138
RGB	rgb(217, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 11.05, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 60.79, 79.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0251 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.134 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0768, 40.5302, 9.3476)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A138 #3870D9

analogous

#D95038 #D9A138 #C1D938

triadic

#D9A138 #38D9A1 #A138D9

tetradic

#D9A138 #38D950 #3870D9 #D938C1

square

#D9A138 #38D950 #3870D9 #D938C1

split-complementary

#D9A138 #38C1D9 #5038D9

monochromatic

#7E5B18 #B28022 #D9A138 #E3B96B #EDD29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#D9A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#D9A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A138

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A138	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabc75',
    500: '#d9a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a138;
$custom-light: #eabc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74411,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A138

secondary

#94ACD9

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A138

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

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