#D9AE3C#D9AE3C

#D9AE3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE3C
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 4.30, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 61.57, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0061 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.136 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5696, 45.3530, 10.6806)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE3C #3C67D9

analogous

#D9603C #D9AE3C #B6D93C

triadic

#D9AE3C #3CD9AE #AE3CD9

tetradic

#D9AE3C #3CD960 #3C67D9 #D93CB6

square

#D9AE3C #3CD960 #3C67D9 #D93CB6

split-complementary

#D9AE3C #3CB6D9 #603CD9

monochromatic

#816519 #B58D23 #D9AE3C #E3C36F #EDD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#D9AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#D9AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE3C

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE3C	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)

#C2AD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c579',
    500: '#d9ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae3c;
$custom-light: #e9c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.567,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76994,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE3C

secondary

#97A9DA

accent

#6DEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE3C

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

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