#D9B96D#D9B96D

#D9B96D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.102 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B96D
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 109)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 49.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 1.85, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 42.62, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0049 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.102 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7263, 50.5561, 21.6568)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B96D #6D8DD9

analogous

#D9836D #D9B96D #C3D96D

triadic

#D9B96D #6DD9B9 #B96DD9

tetradic

#D9B96D #6DD983 #6D8DD9 #D96DC3

square

#D9B96D #6DD983 #6D8DD9 #D96DC3

split-complementary

#D9B96D #6DC3D9 #836DD9

monochromatic

#A27E2A #CCA23C #D9B96D #E6D09E #F2E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9B96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#D9B96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B96D

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B96D	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.102 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd98',
    500: '#d9b96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b96d;
$custom-light: #e7cd98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 58.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B96D

secondary

#4561A5

accent

#51C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFAF5

border

#D5D3CF

text

#16130E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B96D

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

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