#D9A261#D9A261

#D9A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A261
RGB	rgb(217, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 13.07, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 43.43, 72.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0365 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.105 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6956, 41.4585, 17.0078)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A261 #6198D9

analogous

#D96661 #D9A261 #D4D961

triadic

#D9A261 #61D9A2 #A261D9

tetradic

#D9A261 #61D966 #6198D9 #D961D4

square

#D9A261 #61D966 #6198D9 #D961D4

split-complementary

#D9A261 #61D4D9 #6661D9

monochromatic

#9A6525 #CC8531 #D9A261 #E5BF92 #F1DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#D9A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#D9A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A261

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A261	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd8f',
    500: '#d9a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a261;
$custom-light: #e8bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A261

secondary

#B5C9E1

accent

#6CC91D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A261

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

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