#D9AC40#D9AC40

#D9AC40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AC40
RGB	rgb(217, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 5.55, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 59.58, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0102 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.133 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2958, 44.6299, 11.1309)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AC40 #406DD9

analogous

#D96040 #D9AC40 #B9D940

triadic

#D9AC40 #40D9AC #AC40D9

tetradic

#D9AC40 #40D960 #406DD9 #D940B9

square

#D9AC40 #40D960 #406DD9 #D940B9

split-complementary

#D9AC40 #40B9D9 #6040D9

monochromatic

#84651A #B78C24 #D9AC40 #E3C273 #EDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D9AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#D9AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AC40

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AC40	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c47b',
    500: '#d9ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ac40;
$custom-light: #e9c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76628,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AC40

secondary

#9AADDA

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AC40

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

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