#D9AC42#D9AC42

#D9AC42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AC42
RGB	rgb(217, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 5.66, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 58.78, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0107 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.132 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3538, 44.6531, 11.4360)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AC42 #426FD9

analogous

#D96042 #D9AC42 #BBD942

triadic

#D9AC42 #42D9AC #AC42D9

tetradic

#D9AC42 #42D960 #426FD9 #D942BB

square

#D9AC42 #42D960 #426FD9 #D942BB

split-complementary

#D9AC42 #42BBD9 #6042D9

monochromatic

#86661B #B98D25 #D9AC42 #E3C275 #EDD9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D9AC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#D9AC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AC42

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AC42	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c47c',
    500: '#d9ac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ac42;
$custom-light: #e9c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76645,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AC42

secondary

#9CAFDB

accent

#71E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AC42

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

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