#D9A649#D9A649

#D9A649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A649
RGB	rgb(217, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 9.24, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 54.70, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.022 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.125 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4567, 42.5083, 12.2181)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A649 #497CD9

analogous

#D95E49 #D9A649 #C4D949

triadic

#D9A649 #49D9A6 #A649D9

tetradic

#D9A649 #49D95E #497CD9 #D949C4

square

#D9A649 #49D95E #497CD9 #D949C4

split-complementary

#D9A649 #49C4D9 #5E49D9

monochromatic

#8B641D #BD8828 #D9A649 #E4BF7C #EED8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D9A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#D9A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A649

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A649	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c080',
    500: '#d9a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a649;
$custom-light: #e9c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75531,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A649

secondary

#A2B6DC

accent

#7BE83F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A649

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

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