#D9B23E#D9B23E

#D9B23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.137 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B23E
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 2.28, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 61.70, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0005 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.137 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4077, 46.9431, 11.2258)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B23E #3E65D9

analogous

#D9643E #D9B23E #B3D93E

triadic

#D9B23E #3ED9B2 #B23ED9

tetradic

#D9B23E #3ED964 #3E65D9 #D93EB3

square

#D9B23E #3ED964 #3E65D9 #D93EB3

split-complementary

#D9B23E #3EB3D9 #643ED9

monochromatic

#83681A #B69124 #D9B23E #E3C671 #EDDBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#D9B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B23E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B23E	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.137 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87a',
    500: '#d9b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b23e;
$custom-light: #e9c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77809,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B23E

secondary

#99A9DA

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B23E

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

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