#D9B241#D9B241

#D9B241 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B241
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, 2.43, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 60.52, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0013 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.135 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4923, 46.9770, 11.6713)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B241 #4168D9

analogous

#D96641 #D9B241 #B4D941

triadic

#D9B241 #41D9B2 #B241D9

tetradic

#D9B241 #41D966 #4168D9 #D941B4

square

#D9B241 #41D966 #4168D9 #D941B4

split-complementary

#D9B241 #41B4D9 #6641D9

monochromatic

#856A1B #B89225 #D9B241 #E3C774 #EDDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#D9B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B241

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B241	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)

#C6B032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87c',
    500: '#d9b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b241;
$custom-light: #e9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77833,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B241

secondary

#9BABDB

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B241

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

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