#D4A23B#D4A23B

#D4A23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.131 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A23B
RGB	rgb(212, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 8.49, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 58.74, 81.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0184 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.131 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8637, 40.1564, 9.7355)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A23B #3B6DD4

analogous

#D4553B #D4A23B #BAD43B

triadic

#D4A23B #3BD4A2 #A23BD4

tetradic

#D4A23B #3BD455 #3B6DD4 #D43BBA

square

#D4A23B #3BD455 #3B6DD4 #D43BBA

split-complementary

#D4A23B #3BBAD4 #553BD4

monochromatic

#7A5B1B #AC8026 #D4A23B #DFBA6D #EAD29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#D4A23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#D4A23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A23B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A23B	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.131 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6bd77',
    500: '#d4a23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a23b;
$custom-light: #e6bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.392,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A23B

secondary

#94AAD6

accent

#77E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A23B

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

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