#D9B242#D9B242

#D9B242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.134 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B242
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, 2.48, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 60.12, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.0016 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.134 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5215, 46.9886, 11.8252)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B242 #4269D9

analogous

#D96642 #D9B242 #B5D942

triadic

#D9B242 #42D9B2 #B242D9

tetradic

#D9B242 #42D966 #4269D9 #D942B5

square

#D9B242 #42D966 #4269D9 #D942B5

split-complementary

#D9B242 #42B5D9 #6642D9

monochromatic

#866A1B #B99325 #D9B242 #E3C775 #EDDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#D9B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B242

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B242	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.134 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87c',
    500: '#d9b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b242;
$custom-light: #e9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77841,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B242

secondary

#9CACDB

accent

#6BE93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B242

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

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