#D9A440#D9A440

#D9A440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A440
RGB	rgb(217, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 9.82, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 58.11, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0226 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.13 80)
XYZ	xyz(42.8189, 41.6760, 10.6385)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A440 #4075D9

analogous

#D95840 #D9A440 #C1D940

triadic

#D9A440 #40D9A4 #A440D9

tetradic

#D9A440 #40D958 #4075D9 #D940C1

square

#D9A440 #40D958 #4075D9 #D940C1

split-complementary

#D9A440 #40C1D9 #5840D9

monochromatic

#84601A #B78424 #D9A440 #E3BC73 #EDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#D9A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#D9A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A440

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A440	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9be7a',
    500: '#d9a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a440;
$custom-light: #e9be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.216,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75058,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.41673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A440

secondary

#9AB1DA

accent

#7AEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A440

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

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