#D4A240#D4A240

#D4A240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A240
RGB	rgb(212, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 8.74, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 56.72, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0197 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.127 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9997, 40.2108, 10.4515)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A240 #4072D4

analogous

#D45840 #D4A240 #BCD440

triadic

#D4A240 #40D4A2 #A240D4

tetradic

#D4A240 #40D458 #4072D4 #D440BC

square

#D4A240 #40D458 #4072D4 #D440BC

split-complementary

#D4A240 #40BCD4 #5840D4

monochromatic

#7D5D1C #AF8127 #D4A240 #DFBA72 #EAD3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#D4A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#D4A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A240

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A240	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5bd7a',
    500: '#d4a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a240;
$custom-light: #e5bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74133,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A240

secondary

#98AED7

accent

#79E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A240

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

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