#D9AA44#D9AA44

#D9AA44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA44
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 6.83, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 57.55, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0144 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.129 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0360, 43.9215, 11.6261)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA44 #4473D9

analogous

#D95F44 #D9AA44 #BDD944

triadic

#D9AA44 #44D9AA #AA44D9

tetradic

#D9AA44 #44D95F #4473D9 #D944BD

square

#D9AA44 #44D95F #4473D9 #D944BD

split-complementary

#D9AA44 #44BDD9 #5F44D9

monochromatic

#87651B #BA8B26 #D9AA44 #E3C177 #EED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#D9AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA44

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA44	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c37d',
    500: '#d9aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa44;
$custom-light: #e9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.074,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76268,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA44

secondary

#9EB1DB

accent

#74E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA44

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

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