#D9AC38#D9AC38

#D9AC38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AC38
RGB	rgb(217, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 5.18, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 62.67, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0082 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.138 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0843, 44.5453, 10.0168)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AC38 #3865D9

analogous

#D95B38 #D9AC38 #B5D938

triadic

#D9AC38 #38D9AC #AC38D9

tetradic

#D9AC38 #38D95B #3865D9 #D938B5

square

#D9AC38 #38D95B #3865D9 #D938B5

split-complementary

#D9AC38 #38B5D9 #5B38D9

monochromatic

#7E6218 #B28A22 #D9AC38 #E3C16B #EDD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D9AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#D9AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AC38

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AC38	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c476',
    500: '#d9ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ac38;
$custom-light: #e9c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76566,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AC38

secondary

#94A7D9

accent

#6EEB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AC38

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

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