#D3A538#D3A538

#D3A538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.133 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3A538
RGB	rgb(211, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 6.31, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 60.25, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0118 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.133 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0354, 41.0475, 9.5023)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3A538 #3866D3

analogous

#D35838 #D3A538 #B3D338

triadic

#D3A538 #38D3A5 #A538D3

tetradic

#D3A538 #38D358 #3866D3 #D338B3

square

#D3A538 #38D358 #3866D3 #D338B3

split-complementary

#D3A538 #38B3D3 #5838D3

monochromatic

#765B1A #A98225 #D3A538 #DEBC6A #E9D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#D3A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#D3A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3A538

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3A538	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.133 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bf75',
    500: '#d3a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3a538;
$custom-light: #e5bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74553,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3A538

secondary

#92A6D5

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3A538

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

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