#D9AE3B#D9AE3B

#D9AE3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE3B
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 4.25, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 61.96, 86.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0058 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.137 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5434, 45.3425, 10.5427)
Luminance	0.4534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE3B #3B66D9

analogous

#D95F3B #D9AE3B #B5D93B

triadic

#D9AE3B #3BD9AE #AE3BD9

tetradic

#D9AE3B #3BD95F #3B66D9 #D93BB5

square

#D9AE3B #3BD95F #3B66D9 #D93BB5

split-complementary

#D9AE3B #3BB5D9 #5F3BD9

monochromatic

#816419 #B48C23 #D9AE3B #E3C36E #EDD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#D9AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE3B

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE3B	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)

#C2AD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c578',
    500: '#d9ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae3b;
$custom-light: #e9c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.671,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE3B

secondary

#96A9DA

accent

#6CEA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE3B

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

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