#D9B159#D9B159

#D9B159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B159
RGB	rgb(217, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 4.44, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 49.90, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% 0.0101 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.116 85)
XYZ	xyz(46.1428, 46.9200, 16.0753)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B159 #5981D9

analogous

#D97159 #D9B159 #C1D959

triadic

#D9B159 #59D9B1 #B159D9

tetradic

#D9B159 #59D971 #5981D9 #D959C1

square

#D9B159 #59D971 #5981D9 #D959C1

split-complementary

#D9B159 #59C1D9 #7159D9

monochromatic

#957122 #C7972E #D9B159 #E4C88B #F0E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#D9B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B159

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B159	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c88a',
    500: '#d9b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b159;
$custom-light: #e8c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77874,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.46917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B159

secondary

#AEBEE0

accent

#75E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B159

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

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