#D9AA49#D9AA49

#D9AA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA49
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 7.11, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 55.45, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0158 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.126 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1951, 43.9852, 12.4643)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA49 #4978D9

analogous

#D96249 #D9AA49 #C0D949

triadic

#D9AA49 #49D9AA #AA49D9

tetradic

#D9AA49 #49D962 #4978D9 #D949C0

square

#D9AA49 #49D962 #4978D9 #D949C0

split-complementary

#D9AA49 #49C0D9 #6249D9

monochromatic

#8B671D #BD8C28 #D9AA49 #E4C27C #EED9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D9AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#D9AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA49

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA49	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c380',
    500: '#d9aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa49;
$custom-light: #e9c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76315,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA49

secondary

#A2B5DC

accent

#77E83F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA49

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

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