#D9AA46#D9AA46

#D9AA46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.128 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA46
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 6.94, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 56.72, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0149 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.128 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0981, 43.9463, 11.9530)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA46 #4675D9

analogous

#D96146 #D9AA46 #BFD946

triadic

#D9AA46 #46D9AA #AA46D9

tetradic

#D9AA46 #46D961 #4675D9 #D946BF

square

#D9AA46 #46D961 #4675D9 #D946BF

split-complementary

#D9AA46 #46BFD9 #6146D9

monochromatic

#89661C #BB8C26 #D9AA46 #E3C179 #EED9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D9AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#D9AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA46

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA46	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.128 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c37e',
    500: '#d9aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa46;
$custom-light: #e9c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA46

secondary

#9FB2DC

accent

#75E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA46

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

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