#D9AA3A#D9AA3A

#D9AA3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA3A
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 73.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 6.33, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 61.53, 84.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0117 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.136 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7564, 43.8097, 10.1536)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA3A #3A69D9

analogous

#D95B3A #D9AA3A #B9D93A

triadic

#D9AA3A #3AD9AA #AA3AD9

tetradic

#D9AA3A #3AD95B #3A69D9 #D93AB9

square

#D9AA3A #3AD95B #3A69D9 #D93AB9

split-complementary

#D9AA3A #3AB9D9 #5B3AD9

monochromatic

#806119 #B38823 #D9AA3A #E3C06D #EDD6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#D9AA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA3A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA3A	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)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c377',
    500: '#d9aa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa3a;
$custom-light: #e9c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.264,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76185,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA3A

secondary

#95AAD9

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA3A

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

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