#D9A540#D9A540

#D9A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A540
RGB	rgb(217, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 9.28, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 58.27, 80.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.021 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.13 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9985, 42.0353, 10.6984)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A540 #4074D9

analogous

#D95940 #D9A540 #C0D940

triadic

#D9A540 #40D9A5 #A540D9

tetradic

#D9A540 #40D959 #4074D9 #D940C0

square

#D9A540 #40D959 #4074D9 #D940C0

split-complementary

#D9A540 #40C0D9 #5940D9

monochromatic

#84601A #B78524 #D9A540 #E3BD73 #EDD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D9A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#D9A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A540

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A540	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf7a',
    500: '#d9a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a540;
$custom-light: #e9bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A540

secondary

#9AB0DA

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A540

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

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