#D9A43D#D9A43D

#D9A43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A43D
RGB	rgb(217, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 9.67, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 59.31, 80.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0217 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.132 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7358, 41.6427, 10.2010)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A43D #3D72D9

analogous

#D9563D #D9A43D #C0D93D

triadic

#D9A43D #3DD9A4 #A43DD9

tetradic

#D9A43D #3DD956 #3D72D9 #D93DC0

square

#D9A43D #3DD956 #3D72D9 #D93DC0

split-complementary

#D9A43D #3DC0D9 #563DD9

monochromatic

#825F19 #B58424 #D9A43D #E3BC70 #EDD4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#D9A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#D9A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A43D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A43D	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be78',
    500: '#d9a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a43d;
$custom-light: #e9be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.615,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75032,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A43D

secondary

#98AEDA

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A43D

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

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