#D4A042#D4A042

#D4A042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A042
RGB	rgb(212, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 9.92, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 55.56, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0234 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.125 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7081, 39.5350, 10.6402)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A042 #4276D4

analogous

#D45742 #D4A042 #BFD442

triadic

#D4A042 #42D4A0 #A042D4

tetradic

#D4A042 #42D457 #4276D4 #D442BF

square

#D4A042 #42D457 #4276D4 #D442BF

split-complementary

#D4A042 #42BFD4 #5742D4

monochromatic

#7F5C1D #B18028 #D4A042 #DFB974 #EBD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#D4A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#D4A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A042

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A042	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bb7b',
    500: '#d4a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a042;
$custom-light: #e5bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.63,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7376,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A042

secondary

#9AB0D8

accent

#7CE642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A042

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

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