#D9AE42#D9AE42

#D9AE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.132 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE42
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 4.59, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 59.20, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0077 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.132 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7373, 45.4201, 11.5638)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE42 #426DD9

analogous

#D96242 #D9AE42 #B8D942

triadic

#D9AE42 #42D9AE #AE42D9

tetradic

#D9AE42 #42D962 #426DD9 #D942B8

square

#D9AE42 #42D962 #426DD9 #D942B8

split-complementary

#D9AE42 #42B8D9 #6242D9

monochromatic

#86671B #B98F25 #D9AE42 #E3C475 #EDDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#D9AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE42

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE42	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.132 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c57c',
    500: '#d9ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae42;
$custom-light: #e9c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77042,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE42

secondary

#9CAEDB

accent

#6FE93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE42

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

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