#D9A538#D9A538

#D9A538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A538
RGB	rgb(217, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 8.90, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 61.40, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0189 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.135 82)
XYZ	xyz(42.7870, 41.9507, 9.5844)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A538 #386CD9

analogous

#D95438 #D9A538 #BCD938

triadic

#D9A538 #38D9A5 #A538D9

tetradic

#D9A538 #38D954 #386CD9 #D938BC

square

#D9A538 #38D954 #386CD9 #D938BC

split-complementary

#D9A538 #38BCD9 #5438D9

monochromatic

#7E5D18 #B28322 #D9A538 #E3BC6B #EDD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#D9A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#D9A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A538

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A538	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf76',
    500: '#d9a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a538;
$custom-light: #e9bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.621,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75188,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.41948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A538

secondary

#94AAD9

accent

#75EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A538

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

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