#D9A242#D9A242

#D9A242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A242
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 10.99, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 56.98, 78.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0262 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.128 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5217, 40.9889, 10.8253)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A242 #4279D9

analogous

#D95642 #D9A242 #C4D942

triadic

#D9A242 #42D9A2 #A242D9

tetradic

#D9A242 #42D956 #4279D9 #D942C4

square

#D9A242 #42D956 #4279D9 #D942C4

split-complementary

#D9A242 #42C4D9 #5642D9

monochromatic

#865F1B #B98325 #D9A242 #E3BB75 #EDD4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D9A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#D9A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A242

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A242	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd7b',
    500: '#d9a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a242;
$custom-light: #e9bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74688,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A242

secondary

#9CB3DB

accent

#7DE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A242

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

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