#D9B250#D9B250

#D9B250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B250
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 3.29, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 54.20, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% 0.0056 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.124 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9860, 47.1744, 14.2713)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B250 #5077D9

analogous

#D96D50 #D9B250 #BBD950

triadic

#D9B250 #50D9B2 #B250D9

tetradic

#D9B250 #50D96D #5077D9 #D950BB

square

#D9B250 #50D96D #5077D9 #D950BB

split-complementary

#D9B250 #50BBD9 #6D50D9

monochromatic

#8F6F1F #C2972A #D9B250 #E4C882 #EFDEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#D9B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B250

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B250	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c885',
    500: '#d9b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b250;
$custom-light: #e8c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77973,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B250

secondary

#A7B7DE

accent

#70E740

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B250

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

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