#D4A038#D4A038

#D4A038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A038
RGB	rgb(212, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 9.42, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 59.58, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0207 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.132 81)
XYZ	xyz(40.4386, 39.4272, 9.2210)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A038 #386CD4

analogous

#D45238 #D4A038 #BAD438

triadic

#D4A038 #38D4A0 #A038D4

tetradic

#D4A038 #38D452 #386CD4 #D438BA

square

#D4A038 #38D452 #386CD4 #D438BA

split-complementary

#D4A038 #38BAD4 #5238D4

monochromatic

#78581A #AA7E25 #D4A038 #DFB86A #EAD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D4A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#D4A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A038

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A038	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bb75',
    500: '#d4a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a038;
$custom-light: #e6bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73674,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A038

secondary

#92A9D6

accent

#78E740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A038

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

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