#D9A259#D9A259

#D9A259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A259
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 12.45, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 47.02, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0336 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.111 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3412, 41.3167, 15.1414)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A259 #5990D9

analogous

#D96259 #D9A259 #D0D959

triadic

#D9A259 #59D9A2 #A259D9

tetradic

#D9A259 #59D962 #5990D9 #D959D0

square

#D9A259 #59D962 #5990D9 #D959D0

split-complementary

#D9A259 #59D0D9 #6259D9

monochromatic

#956422 #C7852E #D9A259 #E4BE8B #F0DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D9A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#D9A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A259

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A259	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd8a',
    500: '#d9a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a259;
$custom-light: #e8bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.219,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74941,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A259

secondary

#AEC3E0

accent

#88E642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A259

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

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