#D9AD46#D9AD46

#D9AD46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.129 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD46
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 5.34, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 57.34, 84.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0103 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.129 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6669, 45.0840, 12.1426)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD46 #4672D9

analogous

#D96446 #D9AD46 #BCD946

triadic

#D9AD46 #46D9AD #AD46D9

tetradic

#D9AD46 #46D964 #4672D9 #D946BC

square

#D9AD46 #46D964 #4672D9 #D946BC

split-complementary

#D9AD46 #46BCD9 #6446D9

monochromatic

#89681C #BB8F26 #D9AD46 #E3C479 #EEDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D9AD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#D9AD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD46

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD46	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.129 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c57e',
    500: '#d9ad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad46;
$custom-light: #e9c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76879,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD46

secondary

#9FB1DC

accent

#72E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD46

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

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