#D9AD48#D9AD48

#D9AD48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD48
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 5.45, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 56.50, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0109 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.128 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7311, 45.1096, 12.4807)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD48 #4874D9

analogous

#D96548 #D9AD48 #BDD948

triadic

#D9AD48 #48D9AD #AD48D9

tetradic

#D9AD48 #48D965 #4874D9 #D948BD

square

#D9AD48 #48D965 #4874D9 #D948BD

split-complementary

#D9AD48 #48BDD9 #6548D9

monochromatic

#8A691D #BD8F27 #D9AD48 #E4C47B #EEDAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D9AD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#D9AD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD48

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD48	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)

#C1AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c580',
    500: '#d9ad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad48;
$custom-light: #e9c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76898,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD48

secondary

#A1B3DC

accent

#73E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD48

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

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