#D9B962#D9B962

#D9B962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.113 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B962
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 0.91, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 47.87, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0009 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.113 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1708, 50.3339, 18.7310)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B962 #6282D9

analogous

#D97E62 #D9B962 #BDD962

triadic

#D9B962 #62D9B9 #B962D9

tetradic

#D9B962 #62D97E #6282D9 #D962BD

square

#D9B962 #62D97E #6282D9 #D962BD

split-complementary

#D9B962 #62BDD9 #7E62D9

monochromatic

#9B7B26 #CCA331 #D9B962 #E5CF93 #F1E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#D9B962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#D9B962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B962

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B962	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.113 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd91',
    500: '#d9b962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b962;
$custom-light: #e7cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79588,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B962

secondary

#405A9F

accent

#4BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B962

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

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