#D9A438#D9A438

#D9A438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.135 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A438
RGB	rgb(217, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 9.44, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 61.24, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0205 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.135 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6073, 41.5913, 9.5245)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A438 #386DD9

analogous

#D95338 #D9A438 #BED938

triadic

#D9A438 #38D9A4 #A438D9

tetradic

#D9A438 #38D953 #386DD9 #D938BE

square

#D9A438 #38D953 #386DD9 #D938BE

split-complementary

#D9A438 #38BED9 #5338D9

monochromatic

#7E5D18 #B28222 #D9A438 #E3BB6B #EDD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#D9A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#D9A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A438

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A438	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.135 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be76',
    500: '#d9a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a438;
$custom-light: #e9be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.248,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A438

secondary

#94ABD9

accent

#76EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A438

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

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