#D9AD38#D9AD38

#D9AD38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD38
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, 4.65, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 62.87, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0066 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.138 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2753, 44.9273, 10.0805)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD38 #3864D9

analogous

#D95C38 #D9AD38 #B5D938

triadic

#D9AD38 #38D9AD #AD38D9

tetradic

#D9AD38 #38D95C #3864D9 #D938B5

square

#D9AD38 #38D95C #3864D9 #D938B5

split-complementary

#D9AD38 #38B5D9 #5C38D9

monochromatic

#7E6218 #B28B22 #D9AD38 #E3C26B #EDD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D9AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#D9AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD38

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD38	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c576',
    500: '#d9ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad38;
$custom-light: #e9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.602,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD38

secondary

#94A7D9

accent

#6CEB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD38

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

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