#D9AB3D#D9AB3D

#D9AB3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.134 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AB3D
RGB	rgb(217, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 5.94, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 60.57, 84.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0109 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.134 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0231, 44.2175, 10.6301)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AB3D #3D6BD9

analogous

#D95D3D #D9AB3D #B9D93D

triadic

#D9AB3D #3DD9AB #AB3DD9

tetradic

#D9AB3D #3DD95D #3D6BD9 #D93DB9

square

#D9AB3D #3DD95D #3D6BD9 #D93DB9

split-complementary

#D9AB3D #3DB9D9 #5D3DD9

monochromatic

#826319 #B58A24 #D9AB3D #E3C170 #EDD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D9AB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#D9AB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AB3D

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AB3D	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)

#C0AA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.134 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c379',
    500: '#d9ab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ab3d;
$custom-light: #e9c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AB3D

secondary

#98ABDA

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AB3D

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

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