#D9B256#D9B256

#D9B256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B256
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, 3.70, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 51.52, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0076 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.119 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2176, 47.2671, 15.4914)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B256 #567DD9

analogous

#D97056 #D9B256 #BFD956

triadic

#D9B256 #56D9B2 #B256D9

tetradic

#D9B256 #56D970 #567DD9 #D956BF

square

#D9B256 #56D970 #567DD9 #D956BF

split-complementary

#D9B256 #56BFD9 #7056D9

monochromatic

#937121 #C5982C #D9B256 #E4C988 #EFE0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#D9B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B256

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B256	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c889',
    500: '#d9b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b256;
$custom-light: #e8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78038,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B256

secondary

#ACBBDF

accent

#73E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B256

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

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