#D9AA57#D9AA57

#D9AA57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AA57
RGB	rgb(217, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 8.02, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 49.27, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0203 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.115 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7127, 44.1922, 15.1899)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AA57 #5786D9

analogous

#D96957 #D9AA57 #C7D957

triadic

#D9AA57 #57D9AA #AA57D9

tetradic

#D9AA57 #57D969 #5786D9 #D957C7

square

#D9AA57 #57D969 #5786D9 #D957C7

split-complementary

#D9AA57 #57C7D9 #6957D9

monochromatic

#946B21 #C68F2D #D9AA57 #E4C389 #F0DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D9AA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#D9AA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AA57

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AA57	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9aa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c389',
    500: '#d9aa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9aa57;
$custom-light: #e8c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9aa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76468,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AA57

secondary

#ADBFDF

accent

#7DE642

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AA57

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

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