#D9B151#D9B151

#D9B151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B151
RGB	rgb(217, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 3.89, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 53.51, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0075 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.123 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8250, 46.7928, 14.4012)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B151 #5179D9

analogous

#D96D51 #D9B151 #BDD951

triadic

#D9B151 #51D9B1 #B151D9

tetradic

#D9B151 #51D96D #5179D9 #D951BD

square

#D9B151 #51D96D #5179D9 #D951BD

split-complementary

#D9B151 #51BDD9 #6D51D9

monochromatic

#906F1F #C2962A #D9B151 #E4C883 #EFDEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D9B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#D9B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B151

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B151	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c885',
    500: '#d9b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b151;
$custom-light: #e8c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77784,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B151

secondary

#A8B8DE

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B151

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

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