#D9AA3B#D9AA3B

#D9AA3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA3B
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 6.37, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 61.15, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.012 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.135 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7821, 43.8200, 10.2889)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA3B #3B6AD9

analogous

#D95B3B #D9AA3B #B9D93B

triadic

#D9AA3B #3BD9AA #AA3BD9

tetradic

#D9AA3B #3BD95B #3B6AD9 #D93BB9

square

#D9AA3B #3BD95B #3B6AD9 #D93BB9

split-complementary

#D9AA3B #3BB9D9 #5B3BD9

monochromatic

#816219 #B48923 #D9AA3B #E3C06E #EDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#D9AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA3B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA3B	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)

#BFAA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c378',
    500: '#d9aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa3b;
$custom-light: #e9c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.152,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76192,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA3B

secondary

#96AADA

accent

#71EA3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA3B

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

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