#D9B453#D9B453

#D9B453 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B453
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 2.44, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 53.38, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0035 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.123 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5001, 48.0214, 15.0018)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B453 #5378D9

analogous

#D97153 #D9B453 #BBD953

triadic

#D9B453 #53D9B4 #B453D9

tetradic

#D9B453 #53D971 #5378D9 #D953BB

square

#D9B453 #53D971 #5378D9 #D953BB

split-complementary

#D9B453 #53BBD9 #7153D9

monochromatic

#917220 #C49A2B #D9B453 #E4CA85 #EFE0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#D9B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B453

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B453	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca87',
    500: '#d9b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b453;
$custom-light: #e8ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78405,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B453

secondary

#AAB8DE

accent

#6FE741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B453

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

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