#D9B040#D9B040

#D9B040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B040
RGB	rgb(217, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 3.43, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 60.45, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% 0.0041 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.135 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0686, 46.1754, 11.3884)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B040 #4069D9

analogous

#D96440 #D9B040 #B5D940

triadic

#D9B040 #40D9B0 #B040D9

tetradic

#D9B040 #40D964 #4069D9 #D940B5

square

#D9B040 #40D964 #4069D9 #D940B5

split-complementary

#D9B040 #40B5D9 #6440D9

monochromatic

#84681A #B79024 #D9B040 #E3C573 #EDDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D9B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#D9B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B040

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B040	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c77b',
    500: '#d9b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b040;
$custom-light: #e9c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.922,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77424,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B040

secondary

#9AACDA

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B040

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

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