#D9AD3B#D9AD3B

#D9AD3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.137 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD3B
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, 4.78, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 61.75, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0074 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.137 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3509, 44.9576, 10.4785)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD3B #3B67D9

analogous

#D95E3B #D9AD3B #B6D93B

triadic

#D9AD3B #3BD9AD #AD3BD9

tetradic

#D9AD3B #3BD95E #3B67D9 #D93BB6

square

#D9AD3B #3BD95E #3B67D9 #D93BB6

split-complementary

#D9AD3B #3BB6D9 #5E3BD9

monochromatic

#816419 #B48C23 #D9AD3B #E3C26E #EDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D9AD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#D9AD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD3B

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD3B	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.137 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c578',
    500: '#d9ad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad3b;
$custom-light: #e9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.291,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD3B

secondary

#96A9DA

accent

#6EEA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD3B

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

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