#D0A538#D0A538

#D0A538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D0A538
RGB	rgb(208, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 5.01, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 59.73, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0082 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.132 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1838, 40.6084, 9.4623)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D0A538 #3863D0

analogous

#D05938 #D0A538 #AFD038

triadic

#D0A538 #38D0A5 #A538D0

tetradic

#D0A538 #38D059 #3863D0 #D038AF

square

#D0A538 #38D059 #3863D0 #D038AF

split-complementary

#D0A538 #38AFD0 #5938D0

monochromatic

#735A1B #A48127 #D0A538 #DCBB6A #E7D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D0A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#D0A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D0A538

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D0A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D0A538	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d0a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3bf75',
    500: '#d0a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d0a538;
$custom-light: #e3bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d0a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D0A538

secondary

#91A3D3

accent

#71E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D0A538

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

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