#D9A740#D9A740

#D9A740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A740
RGB	rgb(217, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 8.22, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 58.62, 81.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0179 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.131 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3621, 42.7624, 10.8196)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A740 #4072D9

analogous

#D95A40 #D9A740 #BFD940

triadic

#D9A740 #40D9A7 #A740D9

tetradic

#D9A740 #40D95A #4072D9 #D940BF

square

#D9A740 #40D95A #4072D9 #D940BF

split-complementary

#D9A740 #40BFD9 #5A40D9

monochromatic

#84621A #B78724 #D9A740 #E3BF73 #EDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#D9A740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#D9A740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A740

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A740	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c07a',
    500: '#d9a740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a740;
$custom-light: #e9c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.392,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75643,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A740

secondary

#9AAFDA

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A740

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

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