#D9A237#D9A237

#D9A237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A237
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 10.47, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 61.31, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0233 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.135 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2280, 40.8714, 9.2786)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A237 #376ED9

analogous

#D95137 #D9A237 #BFD937

triadic

#D9A237 #37D9A2 #A237D9

tetradic

#D9A237 #37D951 #376ED9 #D937BF

square

#D9A237 #37D951 #376ED9 #D937BF

split-complementary

#D9A237 #37BFD9 #5137D9

monochromatic

#7E5B18 #B18022 #D9A237 #E3BA6A #EDD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D9A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#D9A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A237

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A237	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)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd75',
    500: '#d9a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a237;
$custom-light: #eabd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.63,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A237

secondary

#93ABD9

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A237

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

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