#D9B459#D9B459

#D9B459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B459
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 2.85, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 50.66, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0055 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.118 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7419, 48.1181, 16.2750)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B459 #597ED9

analogous

#D97459 #D9B459 #BED959

triadic

#D9B459 #59D9B4 #B459D9

tetradic

#D9B459 #59D974 #597ED9 #D959BE

square

#D9B459 #59D974 #597ED9 #D959BE

split-complementary

#D9B459 #59BED9 #7459D9

monochromatic

#957422 #C79B2E #D9B459 #E4CA8B #F0E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D9B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B459

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B459	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca8b',
    500: '#d9b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b459;
$custom-light: #e8ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.656,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B459

secondary

#AEBDE0

accent

#71E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B459

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

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