#D9AB3B#D9AB3B

#D9AB3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AB3B
RGB	rgb(217, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 5.84, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 61.34, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% 0.0104 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.136 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9703, 44.1963, 10.3517)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AB3B #3B69D9

analogous

#D95C3B #D9AB3B #B8D93B

triadic

#D9AB3B #3BD9AB #AB3BD9

tetradic

#D9AB3B #3BD95C #3B69D9 #D93BB8

square

#D9AB3B #3BD95C #3B69D9 #D93BB8

split-complementary

#D9AB3B #3BB8D9 #5C3BD9

monochromatic

#816219 #B48A23 #D9AB3B #E3C16E #EDD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D9AB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#D9AB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AB3B

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AB3B	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)

#C0AA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c378',
    500: '#d9ab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ab3b;
$custom-light: #e9c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.532,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AB3B

secondary

#96AADA

accent

#70EA3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AB3B

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

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