#D9A855#D9A855

#D9A855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A855
RGB	rgb(217, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 8.95, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 49.79, 79.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0228 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.116 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2600, 43.4158, 14.6415)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A855 #5586D9

analogous

#D96655 #D9A855 #C8D955

triadic

#D9A855 #55D9A8 #A855D9

tetradic

#D9A855 #55D966 #5586D9 #D955C8

square

#D9A855 #55D966 #5586D9 #D955C8

split-complementary

#D9A855 #55C8D9 #6655D9

monochromatic

#936821 #C58C2C #D9A855 #E4C287 #EFDBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D9A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#D9A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A855

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A855	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c187',
    500: '#d9a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a855;
$custom-light: #e8c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76052,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A855

secondary

#ABBEDF

accent

#7FE641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A855

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

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