#D9AA48#D9AA48

#D9AA48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA48
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 7.05, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 55.87, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0155 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.127 83)
XYZ	xyz(44.1622, 43.9720, 12.2911)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA48 #4877D9

analogous

#D96248 #D9AA48 #BFD948

triadic

#D9AA48 #48D9AA #AA48D9

tetradic

#D9AA48 #48D962 #4877D9 #D948BF

square

#D9AA48 #48D962 #4877D9 #D948BF

split-complementary

#D9AA48 #48BFD9 #6248D9

monochromatic

#8A671D #BD8C27 #D9AA48 #E4C27B #EED9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D9AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#D9AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA48

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA48	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c37f',
    500: '#d9aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa48;
$custom-light: #e9c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.552,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.43969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA48

secondary

#A1B4DC

accent

#76E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA48

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

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