#D9AA55#D9AA55

#D9AA55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA55
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 7.88, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 50.17, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0196 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.117 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6321, 44.1600, 14.7655)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA55 #5584D9

analogous

#D96855 #D9AA55 #C6D955

triadic

#D9AA55 #55D9AA #AA55D9

tetradic

#D9AA55 #55D968 #5584D9 #D955C6

square

#D9AA55 #55D968 #5584D9 #D955C6

split-complementary

#D9AA55 #55C6D9 #6855D9

monochromatic

#936A21 #C58E2C #D9AA55 #E4C387 #EFDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D9AA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#D9AA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA55

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA55	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c388',
    500: '#d9aa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa55;
$custom-light: #e8c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.636,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA55

secondary

#ABBDDF

accent

#7CE641

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA55

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

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