#D9AF42#D9AF42

#D9AF42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.133 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9AF42
RGB	rgb(217, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 4.07, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 59.42, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0061 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.133 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9312, 45.8079, 11.6285)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9AF42 #426CD9

analogous

#D96342 #D9AF42 #B8D942

triadic

#D9AF42 #42D9AF #AF42D9

tetradic

#D9AF42 #42D963 #426CD9 #D942B8

square

#D9AF42 #42D963 #426CD9 #D942B8

split-complementary

#D9AF42 #42B8D9 #6342D9

monochromatic

#86681B #B99025 #D9AF42 #E3C575 #EDDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D9AF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#D9AF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9AF42

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9AF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9AF42	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9af42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c67c',
    500: '#d9af42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9af42;
$custom-light: #e9c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9af42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9AF42

secondary

#9CADDB

accent

#6EE93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9AF42

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

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