#D9B449#D9B449

#D9B449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.131 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B449
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 1.81, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 57.72, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0005 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.131 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1415, 47.8780, 13.1131)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B449 #496ED9

analogous

#D96C49 #D9B449 #B6D949

triadic

#D9B449 #49D9B4 #B449D9

tetradic

#D9B449 #49D96C #496ED9 #D949B6

square

#D9B449 #49D96C #496ED9 #D949B6

split-complementary

#D9B449 #49B6D9 #6C49D9

monochromatic

#8B6E1D #BD9728 #D9B449 #E4C97C #EEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#D9B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B449

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B449	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.131 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca81',
    500: '#d9b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b449;
$custom-light: #e8ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B449

secondary

#A2B1DC

accent

#6BE83F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B449

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

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