#D9A640#D9A640

#D9A640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A640
RGB	rgb(217, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 8.75, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 58.44, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0194 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.131 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1796, 42.3974, 10.7588)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A640 #4073D9

analogous

#D95A40 #D9A640 #BFD940

triadic

#D9A640 #40D9A6 #A640D9

tetradic

#D9A640 #40D95A #4073D9 #D940BF

square

#D9A640 #40D95A #4073D9 #D940BF

split-complementary

#D9A640 #40BFD9 #5A40D9

monochromatic

#84611A #B78624 #D9A640 #E3BE73 #EDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#D9A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#D9A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A640

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A640	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c07a',
    500: '#d9a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a640;
$custom-light: #e9c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A640

secondary

#9AB0DA

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A640

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

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