#D9AA3D#D9AA3D

#D9AA3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA3D
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 6.47, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 60.37, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0125 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.134 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8350, 43.8411, 10.5674)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA3D #3D6CD9

analogous

#D95C3D #D9AA3D #BAD93D

triadic

#D9AA3D #3DD9AA #AA3DD9

tetradic

#D9AA3D #3DD95C #3D6CD9 #D93DBA

square

#D9AA3D #3DD95C #3D6CD9 #D93DBA

split-complementary

#D9AA3D #3DBAD9 #5C3DD9

monochromatic

#826319 #B58924 #D9AA3D #E3C070 #EDD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#D9AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA3D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA3D	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c379',
    500: '#d9aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa3d;
$custom-light: #e9c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA3D

secondary

#98ACDA

accent

#72EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA3D

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

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