#D9B856#D9B856

#D9B856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B856
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, 0.54, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 53.12, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0016 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.123 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4377, 49.7071, 15.8981)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B856 #5677D9

analogous

#D97656 #D9B856 #B9D956

triadic

#D9B856 #56D9B8 #B856D9

tetradic

#D9B856 #56D976 #5677D9 #D956B9

square

#D9B856 #56D976 #5677D9 #D956B9

split-complementary

#D9B856 #56B9D9 #7656D9

monochromatic

#937721 #C59F2C #D9B856 #E4CD88 #EFE2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D9B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#D9B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B856

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B856	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd89',
    500: '#d9b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b856;
$custom-light: #e8cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79243,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B856

secondary

#ACB9DF

accent

#6BE641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B856

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

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