#D9B042#D9B042

#D9B042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.133 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B042
RGB	rgb(217, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, 3.54, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 59.65, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0046 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.133 88)
XYZ	xyz(45.1265, 46.1986, 11.6936)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B042 #426BD9

analogous

#D96542 #D9B042 #B6D942

triadic

#D9B042 #42D9B0 #B042D9

tetradic

#D9B042 #42D965 #426BD9 #D942B6

square

#D9B042 #42D965 #426BD9 #D942B6

split-complementary

#D9B042 #42B6D9 #6542D9

monochromatic

#86691B #B99125 #D9B042 #E3C575 #EDDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D9B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#D9B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B042

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B042	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.133 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c77c',
    500: '#d9b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b042;
$custom-light: #e9c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.709,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77441,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.46196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B042

secondary

#9CADDB

accent

#6DE93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B042

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

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