#D9B252#D9B252

#D9B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.123 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B252
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, 3.43, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 53.31, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0063 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.123 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0610, 47.2044, 14.6663)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B252 #5279D9

analogous

#D96E52 #D9B252 #BCD952

triadic

#D9B252 #52D9B2 #B252D9

tetradic

#D9B252 #52D96E #5279D9 #D952BC

square

#D9B252 #52D96E #5279D9 #D952BC

split-complementary

#D9B252 #52BCD9 #6E52D9

monochromatic

#917020 #C3972B #D9B252 #E4C884 #EFDFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#D9B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B252

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B252	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.123 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c886',
    500: '#d9b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b252;
$custom-light: #e8c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77994,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B252

secondary

#A9B8DE

accent

#71E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B252

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

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