#D9AE46#D9AE46

#D9AE46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE46
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 4.81, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 57.56, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0088 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.13 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8593, 45.4689, 12.2068)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE46 #4671D9

analogous

#D96546 #D9AE46 #BBD946

triadic

#D9AE46 #46D9AE #AE46D9

tetradic

#D9AE46 #46D965 #4671D9 #D946BB

square

#D9AE46 #46D965 #4671D9 #D946BB

split-complementary

#D9AE46 #46BBD9 #6546D9

monochromatic

#89691C #BB9026 #D9AE46 #E3C479 #EEDAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#D9AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE46

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE46	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c57e',
    500: '#d9ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae46;
$custom-light: #e9c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77077,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE46

secondary

#9FB1DC

accent

#71E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE46

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

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