#D0A540#D0A540

#D0A540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D0A540
RGB	rgb(208, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 5.41, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 56.53, 84.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0103 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.127 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3953, 40.6930, 10.5764)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D0A540 #406BD0

analogous

#D05D40 #D0A540 #B3D040

triadic

#D0A540 #40D0A5 #A540D0

tetradic

#D0A540 #40D05D #406BD0 #D040B3

square

#D0A540 #40D05D #406BD0 #D040B3

split-complementary

#D0A540 #40B3D0 #5D40D0

monochromatic

#785D1E #A9832A #D0A540 #DCBC71 #E8D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D0A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#D0A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D0A540

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D0A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D0A540	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E19790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d0a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bf7a',
    500: '#d0a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d0a540;
$custom-light: #e2bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d0a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.083,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D0A540

secondary

#97A9D5

accent

#74E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D0A540

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

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