#D4A238#D4A238

#D4A238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A238
RGB	rgb(212, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 8.35, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 59.90, 81.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0176 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.132 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7881, 40.1262, 9.3375)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A238 #386AD4

analogous

#D45438 #D4A238 #B8D438

triadic

#D4A238 #38D4A2 #A238D4

tetradic

#D4A238 #38D454 #386AD4 #D438B8

square

#D4A238 #38D454 #386AD4 #D438B8

split-complementary

#D4A238 #38B8D4 #5438D4

monochromatic

#785A1A #AA7F25 #D4A238 #DFBA6A #EAD19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#D4A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#D4A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A238

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A238	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bd75',
    500: '#d4a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a238;
$custom-light: #e6bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A238

secondary

#92A8D6

accent

#76E740

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A238

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

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