#D9B142#D9B142

#D9B142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.134 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B142
RGB	rgb(217, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, 3.01, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 59.88, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0031 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.134 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3233, 46.5922, 11.7592)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B142 #426AD9

analogous

#D96542 #D9B142 #B5D942

triadic

#D9B142 #42D9B1 #B142D9

tetradic

#D9B142 #42D965 #426AD9 #D942B5

square

#D9B142 #42D965 #426AD9 #D942B5

split-complementary

#D9B142 #42B5D9 #6542D9

monochromatic

#86691B #B99225 #D9B142 #E3C675 #EDDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D9B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#D9B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B142

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B142	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.134 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87c',
    500: '#d9b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b142;
$custom-light: #e9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.106,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77641,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B142

secondary

#9CADDB

accent

#6CE93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B142

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

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