#D9A151#D9A151

#D9A151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A151
RGB	rgb(217, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 12.42, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 50.43, 75.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0324 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.118 74)
XYZ	xyz(42.8479, 40.8387, 13.4089)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A151 #5189D9

analogous

#D95D51 #D9A151 #CDD951

triadic

#D9A151 #51D9A1 #A151D9

tetradic

#D9A151 #51D95D #5189D9 #D951CD

square

#D9A151 #51D95D #5189D9 #D951CD

split-complementary

#D9A151 #51CDD9 #5D51D9

monochromatic

#90621F #C2842A #D9A151 #E4BC83 #EFD7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D9A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#D9A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A151

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A151	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc84',
    500: '#d9a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a151;
$custom-light: #e9bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.40836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A151

secondary

#A8BEDE

accent

#85E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A151

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

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