#D9B261#D9B261

#D9B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.110 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B261
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, 4.52, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 46.44, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% 0.0113 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.11 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6954, 47.4582, 18.0078)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B261 #6188D9

analogous

#D97661 #D9B261 #C4D961

triadic

#D9B261 #61D9B2 #B261D9

tetradic

#D9B261 #61D976 #6188D9 #D961C4

square

#D9B261 #61D976 #6188D9 #D961C4

split-complementary

#D9B261 #61C4D9 #7661D9

monochromatic

#9A7425 #CC9931 #D9B261 #E5CA92 #F1E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D9B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#D9B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B261

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B261	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.110 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c890',
    500: '#d9b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b261;
$custom-light: #e7c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78173,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B261

secondary

#B5C3E1

accent

#55C91D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B261

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

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