#D9AD56#D9AD56

#D9AD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD56
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, 6.35, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 50.35, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0153 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.117 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2409, 45.3136, 15.1658)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD56 #5682D9

analogous

#D96C56 #D9AD56 #C4D956

triadic

#D9AD56 #56D9AD #AD56D9

tetradic

#D9AD56 #56D96C #5682D9 #D956C4

square

#D9AD56 #56D96C #5682D9 #D956C4

split-complementary

#D9AD56 #56C4D9 #6C56D9

monochromatic

#936D21 #C5922C #D9AD56 #E4C588 #EFDDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#D9AD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD56

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD56	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)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c588',
    500: '#d9ad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad56;
$custom-light: #e8c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.847,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD56

secondary

#ACBDDF

accent

#79E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD56

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

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