#D9B249#D9B249

#D9B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B249
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 2.87, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 57.23, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% 0.0035 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.13 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7407, 47.0763, 12.9795)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B249 #4970D9

analogous

#D96A49 #D9B249 #B8D949

triadic

#D9B249 #49D9B2 #B249D9

tetradic

#D9B249 #49D96A #4970D9 #D949B8

square

#D9B249 #49D96A #4970D9 #D949B8

split-complementary

#D9B249 #49B8D9 #6A49D9

monochromatic

#8B6D1D #BD9528 #D9B249 #E4C77C #EEDDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#D9B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B249

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B249	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c880',
    500: '#d9b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b249;
$custom-light: #e8c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77903,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B249

secondary

#A2B1DC

accent

#6DE83F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B249

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

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