#D9B050#D9B050

#D9B050 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B050
RGB	rgb(217, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, 4.35, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 53.71, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0087 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.123 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5909, 46.3844, 14.1396)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B050 #5079D9

analogous

#D96B50 #D9B050 #BDD950

triadic

#D9B050 #50D9B0 #B050D9

tetradic

#D9B050 #50D96B #5079D9 #D950BD

square

#D9B050 #50D96B #5079D9 #D950BD

split-complementary

#D9B050 #50BDD9 #6B50D9

monochromatic

#8F6E1F #C2942A #D9B050 #E4C782 #EFDDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D9B050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#D9B050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B050

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B050	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c785',
    500: '#d9b050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b050;
$custom-light: #e8c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77574,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B050

secondary

#A7B7DE

accent

#72E740

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B050

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

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