#D9B461#D9B461

#D9B461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.111 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B461
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 3.47, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 46.95, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0082 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.111 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0963, 48.2599, 18.1414)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B461 #6186D9

analogous

#D97861 #D9B461 #C2D961

triadic

#D9B461 #61D9B4 #B461D9

tetradic

#D9B461 #61D978 #6186D9 #D961C2

square

#D9B461 #61D978 #6186D9 #D961C2

split-complementary

#D9B461 #61C2D9 #7861D9

monochromatic

#9A7625 #CC9C31 #D9B461 #E5CB92 #F1E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D9B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D9B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B461

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B461	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.111 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ca90',
    500: '#d9b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b461;
$custom-light: #e7ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78572,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B461

secondary

#B5C2E1

accent

#52C91D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B461

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

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