#D9A23E#D9A23E

#D9A23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A23E
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 10.79, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 58.60, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0251 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.131 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4079, 40.9434, 10.2258)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A23E #3E75D9

analogous

#D9553E #D9A23E #C2D93E

triadic

#D9A23E #3ED9A2 #A23ED9

tetradic

#D9A23E #3ED955 #3E75D9 #D93EC2

square

#D9A23E #3ED955 #3E75D9 #D93EC2

split-complementary

#D9A23E #3EC2D9 #553ED9

monochromatic

#835E1A #B68224 #D9A23E #E3BB71 #EDD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#D9A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#D9A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A23E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A23E	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd79',
    500: '#d9a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a23e;
$custom-light: #e9bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A23E

secondary

#99B0DA

accent

#7BEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A23E

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

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