#D9A949#D9A949

#D9A949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9A949
RGB	rgb(217, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 7.64, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 55.25, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0174 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.126 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0084, 43.6117, 12.4020)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9A949 #4979D9

analogous

#D96149 #D9A949 #C1D949

triadic

#D9A949 #49D9A9 #A949D9

tetradic

#D9A949 #49D961 #4979D9 #D949C1

square

#D9A949 #49D961 #4979D9 #D949C1

split-complementary

#D9A949 #49C1D9 #6149D9

monochromatic

#8B661D #BD8B28 #D9A949 #E4C17C #EED9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D9A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#D9A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9A949

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9A949	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c280',
    500: '#d9a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9a949;
$custom-light: #e9c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76118,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9A949

secondary

#A2B5DC

accent

#78E83F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9A949

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

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