#D9AA38#D9AA38

#D9AA38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA38
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 6.24, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 62.28, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0112 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.137 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7065, 43.7897, 9.8909)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA38 #3867D9

analogous

#D95938 #D9AA38 #B8D938

triadic

#D9AA38 #38D9AA #AA38D9

tetradic

#D9AA38 #38D959 #3867D9 #D938B8

square

#D9AA38 #38D959 #3867D9 #D938B8

split-complementary

#D9AA38 #38B8D9 #5938D9

monochromatic

#7E6118 #B28822 #D9AA38 #E3C06B #EDD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#D9AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA38

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA38	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c376',
    500: '#d9aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa38;
$custom-light: #e9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.484,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7617,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA38

secondary

#94A8D9

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA38

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

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