#D9A142#D9A142

#D9A142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.128 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A142
RGB	rgb(217, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 11.53, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 56.84, 78.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0278 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.128 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3462, 40.6380, 10.7668)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A142 #427AD9

analogous

#D95542 #D9A142 #C6D942

triadic

#D9A142 #42D9A1 #A142D9

tetradic

#D9A142 #42D955 #427AD9 #D942C6

square

#D9A142 #42D955 #427AD9 #D942C6

split-complementary

#D9A142 #42C6D9 #5542D9

monochromatic

#865E1B #B98225 #D9A142 #E3BA75 #EDD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D9A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#D9A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A142

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A142	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.128 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc7b',
    500: '#d9a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a142;
$custom-light: #e9bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74495,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A142

secondary

#9CB3DB

accent

#7EE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A142

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

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