#D9AE49#D9AE49

#D9AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.128 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE49
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, 4.98, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 56.29, 84.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0096 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.128 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9564, 45.5077, 12.7180)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE49 #4974D9

analogous

#D96649 #D9AE49 #BCD949

triadic

#D9AE49 #49D9AE #AE49D9

tetradic

#D9AE49 #49D966 #4974D9 #D949BC

square

#D9AE49 #49D966 #4974D9 #D949BC

split-complementary

#D9AE49 #49BCD9 #6649D9

monochromatic

#8B6A1D #BD9128 #D9AE49 #E4C57C #EEDBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#D9AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE49

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE49	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.128 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c580',
    500: '#d9ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae49;
$custom-light: #e9c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77106,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE49

secondary

#A2B3DC

accent

#72E83F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE49

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

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