#D9A451#D9A451

#D9A451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A451
RGB	rgb(217, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 10.81, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 50.88, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0277 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.118 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3784, 41.8998, 13.5857)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A451 #5186D9

analogous

#D96051 #D9A451 #CAD951

triadic

#D9A451 #51D9A4 #A451D9

tetradic

#D9A451 #51D960 #5186D9 #D951CA

square

#D9A451 #51D960 #5186D9 #D951CA

split-complementary

#D9A451 #51CAD9 #6051D9

monochromatic

#90641F #C2872A #D9A451 #E4BE83 #EFD9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#D9A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#D9A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A451

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A451	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8be85',
    500: '#d9a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a451;
$custom-light: #e8be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.618,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A451

secondary

#A8BDDE

accent

#82E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A451

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

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