#D9B140#D9B140

#D9B140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.135 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B140
RGB	rgb(217, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 2.91, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 60.68, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0025 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.135 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2654, 46.5690, 11.4540)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B140 #4068D9

analogous

#D96540 #D9B140 #B4D940

triadic

#D9B140 #40D9B1 #B140D9

tetradic

#D9B140 #40D965 #4068D9 #D940B4

square

#D9B140 #40D965 #4068D9 #D940B4

split-complementary

#D9B140 #40B4D9 #6540D9

monochromatic

#84691A #B79124 #D9B140 #E3C673 #EDDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D9B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#D9B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B140

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B140	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.135 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87b',
    500: '#d9b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b140;
$custom-light: #e9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.314,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B140

secondary

#9AABDA

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B140

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

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