#D9B259#D9B259

#D9B259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B259
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 3.91, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 50.15, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0086 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.117 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3411, 47.3165, 16.1414)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B259 #5980D9

analogous

#D97259 #D9B259 #C0D959

triadic

#D9B259 #59D9B2 #B259D9

tetradic

#D9B259 #59D972 #5980D9 #D959C0

square

#D9B259 #59D972 #5980D9 #D959C0

split-complementary

#D9B259 #59C0D9 #7259D9

monochromatic

#957222 #C7982E #D9B259 #E4C98B #F0E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#D9B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B259

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B259	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c88b',
    500: '#d9b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b259;
$custom-light: #e8c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78073,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B259

secondary

#AEBDE0

accent

#74E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B259

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

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