#D9AD4E#D9AD4E

#D9AD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.123 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD4E
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 5.82, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 53.91, 83.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0127 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.123 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9364, 45.1918, 13.5623)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD4E #4E7AD9

analogous

#D9674E #D9AD4E #C0D94E

triadic

#D9AD4E #4ED9AD #AD4ED9

tetradic

#D9AD4E #4ED967 #4E7AD9 #D94EC0

square

#D9AD4E #4ED967 #4E7AD9 #D94EC0

split-complementary

#D9AD4E #4EC0D9 #674ED9

monochromatic

#8E6B1F #C09129 #D9AD4E #E4C480 #EFDCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#D9AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD4E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD4E	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.123 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c583',
    500: '#d9ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad4e;
$custom-light: #e8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.007,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD4E

secondary

#A6B7DD

accent

#75E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD4E

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

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