#D9B357#D9B357

#D9B357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.119 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B357
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, 3.24, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 51.32, 86.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% 0.0063 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.119 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4579, 47.6827, 15.7716)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B357 #577DD9

analogous

#D97257 #D9B357 #BED957

triadic

#D9B357 #57D9B3 #B357D9

tetradic

#D9B357 #57D972 #577DD9 #D957BE

square

#D9B357 #57D972 #577DD9 #D957BE

split-complementary

#D9B357 #57BED9 #7257D9

monochromatic

#947321 #C6992D #D9B357 #E4CA89 #F0E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#D9B357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B357

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B357	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.119 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c989',
    500: '#d9b357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b357;
$custom-light: #e8c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B357

secondary

#ADBBDF

accent

#72E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B357

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

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