#D9AD51#D9AD51

#D9AD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD51
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 6.01, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 52.59, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0136 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.121 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0464, 45.2358, 14.1417)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD51 #517DD9

analogous

#D96951 #D9AD51 #C1D951

triadic

#D9AD51 #51D9AD #AD51D9

tetradic

#D9AD51 #51D969 #517DD9 #D951C1

square

#D9AD51 #51D969 #517DD9 #D951C1

split-complementary

#D9AD51 #51C1D9 #6951D9

monochromatic

#906C1F #C2912A #D9AD51 #E4C583 #EFDCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#D9AD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD51

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD51	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c585',
    500: '#d9ad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad51;
$custom-light: #e8c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD51

secondary

#A8B9DE

accent

#77E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD51

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

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