#D9B656#D9B656

#D9B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B656
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 1.59, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 52.56, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0014 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.122 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0251, 48.8821, 15.7606)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B656 #5679D9

analogous

#D97456 #D9B656 #BBD956

triadic

#D9B656 #56D9B6 #B656D9

tetradic

#D9B656 #56D974 #5679D9 #D956BB

square

#D9B656 #56D974 #5679D9 #D956BB

split-complementary

#D9B656 #56BBD9 #7456D9

monochromatic

#937521 #C59D2C #D9B656 #E4CC88 #EFE1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#D9B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#D9B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B656

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B656	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cb89',
    500: '#d9b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b656;
$custom-light: #e8cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7884,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B656

secondary

#ACBADF

accent

#6EE641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B656

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

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