#D9AE4C#D9AE4C

#D9AE4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.125 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE4C
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 5.16, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 55.00, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0105 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.125 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0583, 45.5485, 13.2546)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE4C #4C77D9

analogous

#D9674C #D9AE4C #BED94C

triadic

#D9AE4C #4CD9AE #AE4CD9

tetradic

#D9AE4C #4CD967 #4C77D9 #D94CBE

square

#D9AE4C #4CD967 #4C77D9 #D94CBE

split-complementary

#D9AE4C #4CBED9 #674CD9

monochromatic

#8D6B1E #BF9129 #D9AE4C #E4C57E #EEDCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#D9AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE4C

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE4C	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.125 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c582',
    500: '#d9ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae4c;
$custom-light: #e8c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE4C

secondary

#A4B5DD

accent

#73E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE4C

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

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