#D9A656#D9A656

#D9A656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A656
RGB	rgb(217, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 10.09, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 48.98, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0262 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.115 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9336, 42.6990, 14.7301)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A656 #5689D9

analogous

#D96556 #D9A656 #CBD956

triadic

#D9A656 #56D9A6 #A656D9

tetradic

#D9A656 #56D965 #5689D9 #D956CB

square

#D9A656 #56D965 #5689D9 #D956CB

split-complementary

#D9A656 #56CBD9 #6556D9

monochromatic

#936721 #C58A2C #D9A656 #E4C088 #EFDBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D9A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#D9A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A656

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A656	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c088',
    500: '#d9a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a656;
$custom-light: #e8c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A656

secondary

#ACC0DF

accent

#82E641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A656

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

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