#D9AB38#D9AB38

#D9AB38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AB38
RGB	rgb(217, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 5.71, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 62.48, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0097 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.137 86)
XYZ	xyz(43.8947, 44.1661, 9.9536)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AB38 #3866D9

analogous

#D95A38 #D9AB38 #B6D938

triadic

#D9AB38 #38D9AB #AB38D9

tetradic

#D9AB38 #38D95A #3866D9 #D938B6

square

#D9AB38 #38D95A #3866D9 #D938B6

split-complementary

#D9AB38 #38B6D9 #5A38D9

monochromatic

#7E6118 #B28922 #D9AB38 #E3C16B #EDD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D9AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#D9AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AB38

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AB38	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)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c376',
    500: '#d9ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ab38;
$custom-light: #e9c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76368,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.44163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AB38

secondary

#94A8D9

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AB38

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

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