#D9A23B#D9A23B

#D9A23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A23B
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 10.65, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 59.79, 79.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0243 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.133 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3278, 40.9114, 9.8042)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A23B #3B72D9

analogous

#D9533B #D9A23B #C1D93B

triadic

#D9A23B #3BD9A2 #A23BD9

tetradic

#D9A23B #3BD953 #3B72D9 #D93BC1

square

#D9A23B #3BD953 #3B72D9 #D93BC1

split-complementary

#D9A23B #3BC1D9 #533BD9

monochromatic

#815D19 #B48123 #D9A23B #E3BA6E #EDD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D9A23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#D9A23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A23B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A23B	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)

#B8A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd77',
    500: '#d9a23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a23b;
$custom-light: #e9bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.114,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A23B

secondary

#96AEDA

accent

#7AEA3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A23B

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

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