#D9A541#D9A541

#D9A541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A541
RGB	rgb(217, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 9.34, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 57.87, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0213 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.13 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0272, 42.0468, 10.8496)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A541 #4175D9

analogous

#D95941 #D9A541 #C1D941

triadic

#D9A541 #41D9A5 #A541D9

tetradic

#D9A541 #41D959 #4175D9 #D941C1

square

#D9A541 #41D959 #4175D9 #D941C1

split-complementary

#D9A541 #41C1D9 #5941D9

monochromatic

#85611B #B88625 #D9A541 #E3BD74 #EDD5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D9A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#D9A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A541

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A541	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)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf7b',
    500: '#d9a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a541;
$custom-light: #e9bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75261,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A541

secondary

#9BB1DB

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A541

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

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