#D9B342#D9B342

#D9B342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B342
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, 1.95, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 60.36, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.135 90)
XYZ	xyz(45.7212, 47.3880, 11.8918)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B342 #4268D9

analogous

#D96842 #D9B342 #B3D942

triadic

#D9B342 #42D9B3 #B342D9

tetradic

#D9B342 #42D968 #4268D9 #D942B3

square

#D9B342 #42D968 #4268D9 #D942B3

split-complementary

#D9B342 #42B3D9 #6842D9

monochromatic

#866B1B #B99425 #D9B342 #E3C775 #EDDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D9B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#D9B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B342

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B342	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c97c',
    500: '#d9b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b342;
$custom-light: #e9c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.901,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.47385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B342

secondary

#9CACDB

accent

#69E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B342

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

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