#D9B240#D9B240

#D9B240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.136 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B240
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, 2.38, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 60.91, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.001 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.136 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4636, 46.9655, 11.5201)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B240 #4067D9

analogous

#D96640 #D9B240 #B3D940

triadic

#D9B240 #40D9B2 #B240D9

tetradic

#D9B240 #40D966 #4067D9 #D940B3

square

#D9B240 #40D966 #4067D9 #D940B3

split-complementary

#D9B240 #40B3D9 #6640D9

monochromatic

#84691A #B79224 #D9B240 #E3C773 #EDDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#D9B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B240

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B240	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)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.136 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87b',
    500: '#d9b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b240;
$custom-light: #e9c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77825,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B240

secondary

#9AABDA

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B240

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

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