#D9B44A#D9B44A
#D9B44A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.130 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D9B44A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 180, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 65%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 66%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 65.9%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.76, 1.87, 57.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.76, 57.30, 88.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.31% 0.0008 0.1299) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.31% 0.13 89.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1750, 47.8913, 13.2891) |
| Luminance | 0.4789 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.02
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.68
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.70
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 4.75
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.45
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 5.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D9B44A #4A6FD9
analogous
#D96D4A #D9B44A #B6D94A
triadic
#D9B44A #4AD9B4 #B44AD9
tetradic
#D9B44A #4AD96D #4A6FD9 #D94AB6
square
#D9B44A #4AD96D #4A6FD9 #D94AB6
split-complementary
#D9B44A #4AB6D9 #6D4AD9
monochromatic
#8B6F1D #BE9728 #D9B44A #E4C97D #EEDEAF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#D9B44A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.58
#D9B44A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D9B44A
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D9B44A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D9B44A | 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)
#C7B23D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAA69E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d9b44a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.130 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8ca81',
500: '#d9b44a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d9b44a; $custom-light: #e8ca81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d9b44a",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 180,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.476,
"s": 65.297,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78314,
"c": 0.12988,
"h": 89.7
},
"luminance": 0.47889
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D9B44A
secondary
#A2B1DC
accent
#6BE840
background
#FEFCF8
surface
#FDF8EF
border
#D5D1CA
text
#17130B
muted
#85827C