#D9AE40#D9AE40

#D9AE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.134 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE40
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, 4.49, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 60.01, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0071 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.134 87)
XYZ	xyz(44.6793, 45.3969, 11.2587)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE40 #406BD9

analogous

#D96140 #D9AE40 #B8D940

triadic

#D9AE40 #40D9AE #AE40D9

tetradic

#D9AE40 #40D961 #406BD9 #D940B8

square

#D9AE40 #40D961 #406BD9 #D940B8

split-complementary

#D9AE40 #40B8D9 #6140D9

monochromatic

#84671A #B78E24 #D9AE40 #E3C473 #EDD9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#D9AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE40

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE40	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.134 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c57b',
    500: '#d9ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae40;
$custom-light: #e9c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.137,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.45394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE40

secondary

#9AACDA

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE40

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

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