#D9A238#D9A238

#D9A238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.135 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A238
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 10.51, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 60.94, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0236 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.135 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2522, 40.8811, 9.4061)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A238 #386FD9

analogous

#D95138 #D9A238 #BFD938

triadic

#D9A238 #38D9A2 #A238D9

tetradic

#D9A238 #38D951 #386FD9 #D938BF

square

#D9A238 #38D951 #386FD9 #D938BF

split-complementary

#D9A238 #38BFD9 #5138D9

monochromatic

#7E5C18 #B28122 #D9A238 #E3BA6B #EDD29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D9A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#D9A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A238

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A238	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.135 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd75',
    500: '#d9a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a238;
$custom-light: #eabd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.503,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A238

secondary

#94ABD9

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A238

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

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