#D9AD57#D9AD57

#D9AD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AD57
RGB	rgb(217, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 6.42, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 49.89, 82.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% 0.0156 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.116 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2815, 45.3298, 15.3795)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AD57 #5783D9

analogous

#D96C57 #D9AD57 #C4D957

triadic

#D9AD57 #57D9AD #AD57D9

tetradic

#D9AD57 #57D96C #5783D9 #D957C4

square

#D9AD57 #57D96C #5783D9 #D957C4

split-complementary

#D9AD57 #57C4D9 #6C57D9

monochromatic

#946D21 #C6922D #D9AD57 #E4C589 #F0DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#D9AD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AD57

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AD57	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c589',
    500: '#d9ad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ad57;
$custom-light: #e8c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77058,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AD57

secondary

#ADBEDF

accent

#79E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AD57

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

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