#D4A138#D4A138

#D4A138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A138
RGB	rgb(212, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 8.89, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 59.74, 81.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0192 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.132 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6127, 39.7753, 9.2790)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A138 #386BD4

analogous

#D45338 #D4A138 #B9D438

triadic

#D4A138 #38D4A1 #A138D4

tetradic

#D4A138 #38D453 #386BD4 #D438B9

square

#D4A138 #38D453 #386BD4 #D438B9

split-complementary

#D4A138 #38B9D4 #5338D4

monochromatic

#78591A #AA7E25 #D4A138 #DFB96A #EAD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#D4A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#D4A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A138

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A138	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bc75',
    500: '#d4a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a138;
$custom-light: #e6bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A138

secondary

#92A8D6

accent

#77E740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A138

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

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