#D9B262#D9B262

#D9B262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B262
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, 4.60, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 45.97, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0117 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.109 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7424, 47.4770, 18.2549)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B262 #6289D9

analogous

#D97762 #D9B262 #C5D962

triadic

#D9B262 #62D9B2 #B262D9

tetradic

#D9B262 #62D977 #6289D9 #D962C5

square

#D9B262 #62D977 #6289D9 #D962C5

split-complementary

#D9B262 #62C5D9 #7762D9

monochromatic

#9B7526 #CC9A31 #D9B262 #E5CA93 #F1E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D9B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#D9B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B262

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B262	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)

#C4B15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c890',
    500: '#d9b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b262;
$custom-light: #e7c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78186,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B262

secondary

#B5C4E1

accent

#55C91D

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F1

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B262

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

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