#D9A342#D9A342

#D9A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A342
RGB	rgb(217, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 10.46, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 57.14, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0247 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.129 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6985, 41.3426, 10.8842)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A342 #4278D9

analogous

#D95742 #D9A342 #C3D942

triadic

#D9A342 #42D9A3 #A342D9

tetradic

#D9A342 #42D957 #4278D9 #D942C3

square

#D9A342 #42D957 #4278D9 #D942C3

split-complementary

#D9A342 #42C3D9 #5742D9

monochromatic

#86601B #B98425 #D9A342 #E3BC75 #EDD5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#D9A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#D9A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A342

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A342	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be7b',
    500: '#d9a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a342;
$custom-light: #e9be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.543,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74881,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A342

secondary

#9CB2DB

accent

#7CE93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A342

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

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