#D4A342#D4A342

#D4A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4A342
RGB	rgb(212, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 8.31, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 56.07, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0187 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.126 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2344, 40.5877, 10.8156)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4A342 #4273D4

analogous

#D45A42 #D4A342 #BCD442

triadic

#D4A342 #42D4A3 #A342D4

tetradic

#D4A342 #42D45A #4273D4 #D442BC

square

#D4A342 #42D45A #4273D4 #D442BC

split-complementary

#D4A342 #42BCD4 #5A42D4

monochromatic

#7F5E1D #B18328 #D4A342 #DFBB74 #EBD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#D4A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#D4A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4A342

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4A342	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5be7b',
    500: '#d4a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4a342;
$custom-light: #e5be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4A342

secondary

#9AAFD8

accent

#79E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4A342

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

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