#D9AE56#D9AE56

#D9AE56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AE56
RGB	rgb(217, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, 5.82, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 50.57, 83.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0137 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.117 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4334, 45.6985, 15.2300)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AE56 #5681D9

analogous

#D96D56 #D9AE56 #C3D956

triadic

#D9AE56 #56D9AE #AE56D9

tetradic

#D9AE56 #56D96D #5681D9 #D956C3

square

#D9AE56 #56D96D #5681D9 #D956C3

split-complementary

#D9AE56 #56C3D9 #6D56D9

monochromatic

#936E21 #C5932C #D9AE56 #E4C688 #EFDEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D9AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#D9AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AE56

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AE56	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c588',
    500: '#d9ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ae56;
$custom-light: #e8c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AE56

secondary

#ACBDDF

accent

#78E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AE56

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

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