#D9A738#D9A738

#D9A738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A738
RGB	rgb(217, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 7.84, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 61.74, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0158 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.136 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1505, 42.6778, 9.7055)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A738 #386AD9

analogous

#D95638 #D9A738 #BBD938

triadic

#D9A738 #38D9A7 #A738D9

tetradic

#D9A738 #38D956 #386AD9 #D938BB

square

#D9A738 #38D956 #386AD9 #D938BB

split-complementary

#D9A738 #38BBD9 #5638D9

monochromatic

#7E5F18 #B28522 #D9A738 #E3BE6B #EDD49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D9A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#D9A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A738

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A738	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)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c076',
    500: '#d9a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a738;
$custom-light: #e9c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.366,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75579,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A738

secondary

#94A9D9

accent

#73EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A738

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

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