#D9AE38#D9AE38

#D9AE38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE38
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, 4.12, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 63.08, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0051 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.139 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4678, 45.3123, 10.1446)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE38 #3863D9

analogous

#D95D38 #D9AE38 #B3D938

triadic

#D9AE38 #38D9AE #AE38D9

tetradic

#D9AE38 #38D95D #3863D9 #D938B3

square

#D9AE38 #38D95D #3863D9 #D938B3

split-complementary

#D9AE38 #38B3D9 #5D38D9

monochromatic

#7E6318 #B28B22 #D9AE38 #E3C36B #EDD89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#D9AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE38

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE38	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)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c576',
    500: '#d9ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae38;
$custom-light: #e9c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.975,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76964,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE38

secondary

#94A6D9

accent

#6BEB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE38

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

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