#D9A542#D9A542

#D9A542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A542
RGB	rgb(217, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 9.39, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 57.46, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0216 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.129 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0564, 42.0585, 11.0036)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A542 #4276D9

analogous

#D95942 #D9A542 #C1D942

triadic

#D9A542 #42D9A5 #A542D9

tetradic

#D9A542 #42D959 #4276D9 #D942C1

square

#D9A542 #42D959 #4276D9 #D942C1

split-complementary

#D9A542 #42C1D9 #5942D9

monochromatic

#86611B #B98625 #D9A542 #E3BD75 #EDD6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#D9A542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#D9A542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A542

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A542	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)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf7b',
    500: '#d9a542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a542;
$custom-light: #e9bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.338,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7527,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A542

secondary

#9CB2DB

accent

#79E93E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A542

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

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