#D9AE4A#D9AE4A

#D9AE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE4A
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 5.04, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 55.87, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0099 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.127 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9898, 45.5211, 12.8940)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE4A #4A75D9

analogous

#D9674A #D9AE4A #BDD94A

triadic

#D9AE4A #4AD9AE #AE4AD9

tetradic

#D9AE4A #4AD967 #4A75D9 #D94ABD

square

#D9AE4A #4AD967 #4A75D9 #D94ABD

split-complementary

#D9AE4A #4ABDD9 #674AD9

monochromatic

#8B6A1D #BE9128 #D9AE4A #E4C57D #EEDBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#D9AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE4A

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE4A	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)

#C2AD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c581',
    500: '#d9ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae4a;
$custom-light: #e8c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE4A

secondary

#A2B4DC

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE4A

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

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