#D9B355#D9B355

#D9B355 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B355
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 3.10, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 52.22, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.0057 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.121 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3773, 47.6505, 15.3473)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B355 #557BD9

analogous

#D97155 #D9B355 #BDD955

triadic

#D9B355 #55D9B3 #B355D9

tetradic

#D9B355 #55D971 #557BD9 #D955BD

square

#D9B355 #55D971 #557BD9 #D955BD

split-complementary

#D9B355 #55BDD9 #7155D9

monochromatic

#937221 #C5992C #D9B355 #E4C987 #EFE0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#D9B355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B355

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B355	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c988',
    500: '#d9b355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b355;
$custom-light: #e8c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78227,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B355

secondary

#ABBADF

accent

#71E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B355

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

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