#D9AE4D#D9AE4D

#D9AE4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.125 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE4D
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, 5.22, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 54.57, 84.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0108 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.125 85)
XYZ	xyz(45.0933, 45.5625, 13.4391)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE4D #4D78D9

analogous

#D9684D #D9AE4D #BED94D

triadic

#D9AE4D #4DD9AE #AE4DD9

tetradic

#D9AE4D #4DD968 #4D78D9 #D94DBE

square

#D9AE4D #4DD968 #4D78D9 #D94DBE

split-complementary

#D9AE4D #4DBED9 #684DD9

monochromatic

#8D6B1E #C09129 #D9AE4D #E4C57F #EFDCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D9AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#D9AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE4D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE4D	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)

#C1AD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.125 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c583',
    500: '#d9ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae4d;
$custom-light: #e8c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77145,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.4556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE4D

secondary

#A5B6DD

accent

#74E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE4D

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

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