#D9A338#D9A338

#D9A338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A338
RGB	rgb(217, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 9.97, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 61.09, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.022 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.135 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4291, 41.2348, 9.4651)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A338 #386ED9

analogous

#D95238 #D9A338 #BED938

triadic

#D9A338 #38D9A3 #A338D9

tetradic

#D9A338 #38D952 #386ED9 #D938BE

square

#D9A338 #38D952 #386ED9 #D938BE

split-complementary

#D9A338 #38BED9 #5238D9

monochromatic

#7E5C18 #B28222 #D9A338 #E3BB6B #EDD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D9A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#D9A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A338

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A338	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabe75',
    500: '#d9a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a338;
$custom-light: #eabe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.876,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74798,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A338

secondary

#94ABD9

accent

#77EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A338

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

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