#D9AD55#D9AD55

#D9AD55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD55
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 6.28, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 50.80, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.015 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.118 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2009, 45.2976, 14.9551)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD55 #5581D9

analogous

#D96B55 #D9AD55 #C3D955

triadic

#D9AD55 #55D9AD #AD55D9

tetradic

#D9AD55 #55D96B #5581D9 #D955C3

square

#D9AD55 #55D96B #5581D9 #D955C3

split-complementary

#D9AD55 #55C3D9 #6B55D9

monochromatic

#936D21 #C5922C #D9AD55 #E4C587 #EFDDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#D9AD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD55

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD55	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c588',
    500: '#d9ad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad55;
$custom-light: #e8c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77034,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD55

secondary

#ABBCDF

accent

#78E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD55

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

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