#D9AA3E#D9AA3E

#D9AA3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA3E
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 6.52, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 59.98, 83.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0127 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.133 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8621, 43.8520, 10.7106)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA3E #3E6DD9

analogous

#D95C3E #D9AA3E #BBD93E

triadic

#D9AA3E #3ED9AA #AA3ED9

tetradic

#D9AA3E #3ED95C #3E6DD9 #D93EBB

square

#D9AA3E #3ED95C #3E6DD9 #D93EBB

split-complementary

#D9AA3E #3EBBD9 #5C3ED9

monochromatic

#83631A #B68A24 #D9AA3E #E3C171 #EDD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#D9AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA3E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA3E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c379',
    500: '#d9aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa3e;
$custom-light: #e9c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76216,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA3E

secondary

#99ADDA

accent

#72EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA3E

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

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